DAalseth

Well honestly my iPhone 11 was doing everything I wanted and needed. If I hadn’t had a weird occurrence I wouldn’t be upgrading this weekend. It was in my pocket when I woke up from a nap on the couch. Unfortunately the camera is toast and I use it to image documents for taxes. If it weren’t for this I was planning on holding out until at least this fall. 

You make a good point that AI can do good things in photography, driver assist in cars, scientific research, and such. Analytical AI is a useful tool that is doing a lot of good.

Generative AI, which is what ChatGPT, Copilot, Apple Intelligence, and the others are, is garbage. I have made a point of disabling it on my systems. Due to an unfortunate accident I will be replacing my (AI Free) iPhone11 this weekend with a 16Pro. The VERY FIRST thing I will do on setup is to disable Apple Intelligence. With every OS update after that the very first thing I will do is make sure it is still off. I have no time or space to waste with garbage. There is nothing in Apple Intelligence now, or that is predicted over the next several years that I will waste my time with.

And I’m confident that by the time I’m updating my 16 I am sure that most people will be of like mind. 

These “Artificial Intelligence” systems, including Apple’s are not ‘intelligent’ at all. They are a statistical algorithm based on frequency of word usage in the training data and interpretation of the waveform of the word spoken. OK, this one is clear enough to attract attention, but try dictating something and watch the screen. The systems, no matter whose you use, very often substitute a word, or two, or three, before they get to the one you want. It’s the nature of the beast. 

appleinsideruser said:

DAalseth said:

Would someone verify that Apple intelligence IS or is NOT activated by default when you upgrade? This article says it is, but I’ve texted a couple of people who upgraded that say that it did not.

Even if it was activated by default as reported, you can still turn it off.

But if it self activates it’ll likely download the several GB of cruft needed to run AI. If it stays off I can upgrade now. If it self activates and downloads I not only will need to turn it off, I’ll want to figure out what I can go in and clear out.

bsimpsen said:

Me: "Hey Siri...."

Siri: "I'm sorry but I can't hear you over these constant scrubbing and clicking noises."

Yeah, that’s why I’m pretty doubtful about this.