shervin

Well said, indeed. Tim Cook is a treasure and Steve Jobs’ judgement was sound in appointing and supporting Tim Cook as CEO of Apple. Print this one for the history books. 🙏🏻

blastdoor said:

Apple co-developed PPC along with IBM and Motorola. They used it for a little over 10 years. PPC fell behind Intel to a point that Apple had to make the somewhat embarrassing admission that they had no choice but to switch to Intel.

Apple not only survived that switch, but thrived. And eventually developed their own CPU that now completely beats Intel. 

I predict that a similar story will unfold with AI. Apple had Siri and various other AI/ML technologies, but it fell behind. So now they must somewhat embarrassingly rely on external suppliers. But in doing so, they will make their products better and will thrive. Eventually they will develop a superior AI stack internally. Maybe in 5 years this time instead of 15.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

People don’t realize AI is a long game and right now, even if Apple
os behind, they will skip certain processes that are either not sustainable, fads or certain avenues which are dead ends. They will benefit from the research of the big AI companies, just as others and Apple competitors often benefit from Apple’s research.

The Wall Street mafia, tech pundits (🙄) and others kept vomiting that Apple will miss the 5G train and is behind. Now, Apple has it and MWave, which is STILL largely limited to certain areas, and they’re making their own 5G chips! 

Apparently emoji doesn’t work here? I was showing an Applause emoji at the top of my comment! That’s what you get when you’re a newbie to forums! Well said.

blastdoor said:

Apple co-developed PPC along with IBM and Motorola. They used it for a little over 10 years. PPC fell behind Intel to a point that Apple had to make the somewhat embarrassing admission that they had no choice but to switch to Intel.

Apple not only survived that switch, but thrived. And eventually developed their own CPU that now completely beats Intel. 

I predict that a similar story will unfold with AI. Apple had Siri and various other AI/ML technologies, but it fell behind. So now they must somewhat embarrassingly rely on external suppliers. But in doing so, they will make their products better and will thrive. Eventually they will develop a superior AI stack internally. Maybe in 5 years this time instead of 15.

I agree. The EU has unfairly stacked the deck against Apple and is imposing on Apple much more unilaterally. Also, imbecile YouTubers should stop saying EU made Apple switch iPhones to USB C. Apple was the first to include USB on their iMac and has had USB C on their Macs AND iPads for many years. It was coming anyway, though it did get delayed a year, due to the Chinese C19 lockdowns. Apple just didn’t like being dictated to by a governmental body that is known for corruption and influence from heavy lobbying by Apple’s competition. Apple has gone too far in a few instances in the App Store rules, no question, but this is ridiculous.