Comment by pipeline_peak
2 months ago
How is it going to help them?
Do you really think the average Apple user will use it when there’s already better AI provided by OpenAI and Anthropic which don’t require advanced local hardware?
2 months ago
How is it going to help them?
Do you really think the average Apple user will use it when there’s already better AI provided by OpenAI and Anthropic which don’t require advanced local hardware?
I was just countering your argument with an equally compelling counter-argument.
As for how it helps: we're not talking about this year's AI ecosystem, or even next year's. This rumor, assuming it's true, is talking about two chip generations into the future — and probably at least three or four chip generations before it's a mature AI platform. What will AI be doing for us in five years from now? How does Apple plan for that future? Will concerns of privacy increase or decrease in that time?
>What will AI be doing for us in five years from now?
I don’t know, but the majority of it will be running in data centers, not high end consumer grade workstations.
>Will concerns of privacy increase or decrease in that time?
People have been more concerned about privacy than ever, it hasn’t seemed to stop people from using cloud AI services.
The fact that Apple missed the starting gun on AI to the point that they’re using Googles also inferior Gemini, I’m not compelled these Apple AI chips have a consumer.
Anyone savvy enough to do their own AI hosting is more likely to use Nvdia boxes, etc. Apple workstations always been more successful in Art/Graphic design. That’s why they cut off their server hardware long ago.
>How does Apple plan for that future?
Ideally by making attractive simple products regular users can buy. The iPhone and MacBook Neo seem a step in that direction. AI vision and Apple Vision scream 90s pre-iMac Apple.