Re: The facts show Apple is two generations behind Android in AI (artificial intelligence)

On 2024-07-20 11:07:59 +0000, -hh said:

On 7/19/24 11:09 PM, Andrew wrote:

"Meanwhile, all of those benefits are available on Android and have been
since Google introduced the idea of an AI-first smartphone in October 2024
during the Pixel 8 launch. With Google's Pixel 9 family due to be announced
in August, Apple's iPhone will be two generations behind Android's AI
efforts before it has even left the Cupertino stage."
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2024/07/18/apple-iphone-16-pro-max-apple-intelligence-ai-sales-demand-new-iphone/   What do you expect from a company whose advertising budget dwarfs R&D.

 But how does it actually matter how far someone is "behind" when the shiny new widget still isn't all that great, and doesn't actually reliably provide meaningful productivity gains?
 Case in point, AI asked to render salmon swimming upstream:
  <https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/yijd3c/they_asked_an_ai_engine_to_recreate_a_salmon/>    -hh

Ignoring the fact that AI is utterly useless and nothing more than another fad  gimmick ... Apple has a tendency to come in "late" and leapfrog everyone else with a much better version. When the iPhone was released, everyone else had to quickly play catch-up and lazily copied the iPhone (and many still do) with a sub-quality knock-off.