OctoMonkey

dewme said:

The term “AI” is the current generation’s universally applicable adjective equivalent to the previous generation’s “digital.” The Digital Age spawned crazy notions like the Digital Economy, Digital Ecosystem, and my favorite, the Digital Divide. No, the Digital Divide is not the line of demarcation between the free flowing, non quantized, infinitely divisible notions of the Analog Universe and a much different universe defined by ones and zeros.

The good news is that you don’t need tools like ChatGPT to transport yourself and your new work into the buzzwordy coolness of the new AI Age. All you need is the Search & Replace feature of your favorite human driven generative tools, aka word processing and presentation programs, and simply replace all occurrences of “Digital” with “AI.” 

Welcome to the AI Economy, the AI Ecosystem, and my brand new favorite, the AI Divide. Just make sure you’re living on the right side of the new divide. You don’t want to be left behind.

chasm said:

mjtomlin said:

This was already confirmed at WWDC and in their latest operating systems. The new predictive text feature is uses a LLM, based on the transformer machine learning model. So yeah, we know they’ve been working on it.

Even before I upgraded to iOS 17, I noticed a distinct improvement in the predictive text quality. I’m hopeful that Apple can contribute more “intelligence” into applications of AI, rather than the current fad of just slapping this nearly-meaningless and inaccurate “AI” term onto literally everything anyone can think of.

Mike Wuerthele said:

OctoMonkey said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

Hreb said:

Sorry Andrew -- I'm very interested in whether my next Apple watch band should be leather or FineWoven and unfortunately this review strains credibility.  You report snags, lint, stains, scratches, and other durability issues.  But every photo in the review shows a brand-new, nice looking FineWoven case.  It's a physical product, show the photos!  TTIUWP.

If you want something more real-time, feel free to head into an Apple Store. They change them daily, and they still look terrible after a few hours.

They change them daily?!?!

Well, that certainly sounds like an ecological approach!

I didn't believe it either, so I asked other folks that we have inside Apple stores. Turns out yep, daily swap-outs, or "as needed."

foregoneconclusion said:

nubus said:

FineWeave isn't eco-friendly at all. Leather is a nose-to-tail product made from skins adding revenue to farmers. Replacing something natural with a plastic product that isn't durable - like not durable at all - is the worst possible solution. FineWeave doesn't even patinate nicely when used.

It seems Mother Nature will have to visit Cupertino soon to fix this. Thanks to AI for an honest review!

The flip side to that argument is that cattle are an incredibly inefficient source of protein relative to the amount of feed/water that has to be used per pound. So even though the leather is not the primary reason for raising cattle, the primary reason actually turns out to be kind of dumb from a resource perspective. And that doesn't even take into account the methane part of the equation.