So Apple. are regarded as laggards
in the so called "A.I." race to produce yet more software to produce yet more shit.
Good. In my book that is a major selling point!
Apple swaps one ex-Google AI chief for another
Apple's failure to deliver advanced AI capabilities has triggered a changing of the guard. AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down in favor of a new leader to steady the Siri ship. Giannandrea, who joined Apple in 2018 from a role as Google's SVP of search and AI, is being replaced by another former Google AI boffin, lately …
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Tuesday 2nd December 2025 22:04 GMT DS999
Re: So Apple. are regarded as laggards
Yes as a longtime iPhone user I would much rather Apple moved more slowly, and don't much care whether that's because they are behind or because they are being more careful. The net effect is the same, less AI slop thrown against the wall with little testing hoping for a short term stock boost before the bubble bursts.
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Wednesday 3rd December 2025 08:11 GMT DS999
Re: So Apple. are regarded as laggards
Yes it is, but how fine will you be able to draw the line going forward? If they introduce a new and improved Siri powered by a local LLM, will you be able to keep using the current Siri that works pretty well for simple stuff or will you have a choice of using the fancy new Siri or no Siri at all? I think we can guess the answer.
Because I'm pretty happy with Siri for what I use it for, and I'd hate to lose it for a more powerful Siri that could do a lot more stuff but maybe is more likely to occasionally screw up what I ask it for now due to hallucinations or other AI failure modes. It works well enough now I can trust it that if I ask it to do something I don't have to check to see if that something was done. I feel like I would have to do with so with a "cutting edge" Siri based on my experience with ChatGPT and other "cutting edge" LLMs.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
