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  • Editorial: More companies need to temper their Artificial Intelligence with authentic ethi...

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    myopiarocks said:
    My response to this editorial is a new variant on Heinlein's Razor: "Never attribute to 'authentic ethics' that which is adequately explained by an inferior product and dumb luck."

    "Authentic Ethics" is a visionary-type person who understands what Siri *should* do, and then implements it. Wake me up when anyone at Apple articulates this vision.  Saying "Security!" as the reason why your product doesn't do xyz isn't a vision, or ethics; it's just an excuse. At best it's a halfplanation.
    Mmm... guess I’m the author of Applebaum’s Razor:

    Expediting takes a little longer!
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  • Editorial: More companies need to temper their Artificial Intelligence with authentic ethi...

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    Steven Wright renamed his dog "Alexa".
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  • Essential Phone maker cancels next smartphone, may put company up for sale

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    Published this in 2011...  Same old, same old -- still applies today:


    watto_cobra

  • Video: What to expect at WWDC 2018

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    nunzy said:
    Don't expect too much for Mac. Apple is now a portable device company. The desktop is dead.
    The Desktop is not dead, but Apple seems to have forgotten it.
    When you see xCode for iOS that can run on iOS, get the nails out for the Mac.
    I don't think that your assertion: When you see xCode for iOS that can run on iOS, get the nails out for the Mac. is necessarily true:
    1. Swift Playgrounds on the iPad is already pretty close to Xcode on the Mac
    2. Swift Developers like IBM can gain advantage by using the iPad, say, for prototyping/testing, while traveling, commuting, presenting, etc.
    3. still, Xcode on the Mac has many advantages for heavy-lifting code development
    watto_cobra

  • Video: What to expect at WWDC 2018

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    wizard69 said:
    Actually you left out the Mac Mini.    Im expecying (hopeing) for a new low end desktop that is not completely bungled.  Happiness could even come with an AMD processor or even an Apple ARM processor.  

    In regards to iPad face ID actually has mecwaiting for the next model.   So the rumors of a modern iPad better be true.  The small iPad and face ID would be ideal as it is the ideal size for in car use.   Think navigation along with other trip uses.  In any event we need A11 class processors in all of these iPads to get the AI acceleration hardware.   


    One of the reasons id like to see a Mac based on Apples ARM processors is to get access to that AI acceleration hardware.  While i like to think of the current solutions as being 6502 level i do see a big future for such hardware.  It will take Apple sometime to rework the OS and apps to completely exploit such tech though.  However now is the time to get in on the ground floor.  

    SE2 is something else im waiting on.   I really dont care about advanced features here other than A11 to power AI software.  
    Or even use variants of the A12, already in mass production, for some Macs and iPads.
    mcdave