qwerty52

dope_ahmine said:

qwerty52 said:

dope_ahmine said:

Totally amazing if it actually succeeds with dialing automatically  …cos my AW6 is dumb as a box-o-rox. My most typical usecases with it:

1. I'm out jogging and it tells me to take some time to do a breathing exercise.
2. I talk on the phone (iPhone) and it tells me to take some time to do a breathing exercise.
3. I'm outside in 13 m/s wind and it tells me to take some time to do a breathing exercise.
4. I've just sat down after standing up for half an hour, and it tells me to stand up for a minute.
5. I'm walking from the mail office with a box, and it asks me 100 times if I'm no longer on my outdoor walk. If I put the box down and swing my hand around like an idiot every 30 seconds, then it shuts up tho.
6. I'm cooking in the kitchen, and it tells me to wash my hands longer.
7. I'm listening to music in my headphones (at about 50% volume) when the watch sends me a notification at 200% volume(!!!). I've never even set the volume at 100%, not even once.
8. I'm reminded of an all-day calendar booking although I've never even had alerts set for it in the first place.
9. The Activity app says I have exercised 210% (since I've been out jogging) but I've only moved 34%. Jogging without moving? Hmmm…  Also, I had only been standing 58%. So, I guess the watch assumed I was Outdoor Running while sitting/lying down and not moving  …makes sense  …not.
10. And here's my absolute fav: Software is not updated (ever) on the watch, although I've carefully checked the Automatic Updates. Why? Well, I always charge my watch between about 10 and 11 each evening, and then unplug it. A user behavior which apparently is totally outside Apple's imagination, or alternatively forbidden by them. Because an Apple Watch only updates its software if its plugged in to power at the time the WatchOS decides to try updating …which btw happens exactly at 03:00 in the morning.

I could go on and on ranting about the Apple Watch, but I guess you get the picture. This is not a smart watch. It's as dumb as it gets, cos it's entirely unaware of what I'm doing. It wouldn't even require AI to figure out how to deal with the use cases above. Good old linear logic programming would have done it. Do it again, and do it right, Apple. I know you are selling these watches in gazillions, and for pure business reasons maybe you shouldn't change a winning recipe. But I thought you said you were in it for the user experience.

What are you talking about man? I have been using Apple Watch very intensive for three months now, and I can tell you, 

that your story simply doesn’t make sense.

Are you sure you have an Apple Watch?

Pick one of the 10 usecases and tell me it’s impossible. I will easily prove you wrong. All of them are collected from real life, and no, they are not possible to “configure away” without shutting off crucial features all together. And even if they were configurable, why should I have to do that? It’s not a Microsoft product is it? One where the maker just hands you a generic setting that suits noone, plus 100 control knobs so that you can try make it useful yourself. Its Apple we are talking about here. The masters of usability fgs.

Not a single one of the described situations above should ever occur …at least not after a few months of learning and adoption to the individual user’s habits. And if you for a second believe this is beyond solvable, you couldn’t be more wrong. We have already an operable pilot solving this exellently. And if you study the scientific press carefully, you will notice that a few competitors now has it too.

A battle of IQ levels? Oh yes, you can bet on it. But it goes faar beyond just watches. And you know what? Apple isn’t even in the forefront of this battle. This is what I’m really talking about. We need to demand more from a usability point in order to shake some @@@ at Apple, and for them to get into the AI game …or they will be left behind with there nice, but dumb, hardware.

dope_ahmine said:

Totally amazing if it actually succeeds with dialing automatically  …cos my AW6 is dumb as a box-o-rox. My most typical usecases with it:

1. I'm out jogging and it tells me to take some time to do a breathing exercise.
2. I talk on the phone (iPhone) and it tells me to take some time to do a breathing exercise.
3. I'm outside in 13 m/s wind and it tells me to take some time to do a breathing exercise.
4. I've just sat down after standing up for half an hour, and it tells me to stand up for a minute.
5. I'm walking from the mail office with a box, and it asks me 100 times if I'm no longer on my outdoor walk. If I put the box down and swing my hand around like an idiot every 30 seconds, then it shuts up tho.
6. I'm cooking in the kitchen, and it tells me to wash my hands longer.
7. I'm listening to music in my headphones (at about 50% volume) when the watch sends me a notification at 200% volume(!!!). I've never even set the volume at 100%, not even once.
8. I'm reminded of an all-day calendar booking although I've never even had alerts set for it in the first place.
9. The Activity app says I have exercised 210% (since I've been out jogging) but I've only moved 34%. Jogging without moving? Hmmm…  Also, I had only been standing 58%. So, I guess the watch assumed I was Outdoor Running while sitting/lying down and not moving  …makes sense  …not.
10. And here's my absolute fav: Software is not updated (ever) on the watch, although I've carefully checked the Automatic Updates. Why? Well, I always charge my watch between about 10 and 11 each evening, and then unplug it. A user behavior which apparently is totally outside Apple's imagination, or alternatively forbidden by them. Because an Apple Watch only updates its software if its plugged in to power at the time the WatchOS decides to try updating …which btw happens exactly at 03:00 in the morning.

I could go on and on ranting about the Apple Watch, but I guess you get the picture. This is not a smart watch. It's as dumb as it gets, cos it's entirely unaware of what I'm doing. It wouldn't even require AI to figure out how to deal with the use cases above. Good old linear logic programming would have done it. Do it again, and do it right, Apple. I know you are selling these watches in gazillions, and for pure business reasons maybe you shouldn't change a winning recipe. But I thought you said you were in it for the user experience.

cg27 said:

Looks like the Chinese didn’t want to be outdone by the Ruskies.

These communist dictatorships are desperate for western tech.  The Chinese should be embarrassed of their blatant stealing.  At least the Russians had a legitimate space program developed on their own.

And shame on us for being so naive.

mac_dog said:

It’s ironic that those who have rallied against regulation in every sense are advocating for regulation in the technology sector. It seems those with money & power are getting uncoiling sharing it. 

Why aren’t they doing this to any other sector?