hmurchison

30 years ago people took the the streets in states across the US to protest the move towards globalization with protests agains NAFTA  and WTO and now the predictable results are here and the US politicians most who were adults back in the mid 90s themselves are telling the citizens they should pay more for what their mistake.   There is no accountability for what was an obvious bad move.  Citizens did not cause the trade imbalance in fact it cost us in lost jobs. 

AI has not proven solid demonstrable benefits across the strata of users  to warrant giving these companies 250 dollar or more per year.  Everyone understands ROI as it pertains to their needs.  

The notion that Apple is behind suggest that this is a race where the path is known and it's merely an effort of putting one leg in front of the other leg faster than the competition.  That's not what the landscape is like.   AI right now is like a group of people wandering in the desert looking for water and they don't where that water is so they're all moving in a huddle in the most sensible direction for the group. 

My boss is jazzed about CoPilot being able to quickly surface information unique to our company from the data that we input.  That's worth it to him because most modern knowledge-base systems fail at producing relevant information quickly.   He's not gonna be interested in some of the more esoteric stuff that Investors are frothing at the mouth for.  He knows his business already he just needs faster access to data. 

I imagine the real thrust to move towards AI will be this faster knowledge retrieval.    The non deterministic nature of AI means that the same input will yield different outputs.  You still have to knowledgeable decisions even after sifting through AI analysis. 

Don't fool yourself...this AI is Beta and companies want to start producing revenue to appease investors.  Companies need solid deliverables.  When we buy a tool or heavy equipment we fully understand what its bringing to the table.  AI is still figuring out what it can bring.  

Apple has time...this AI stuff largely isn't ready for production. 

My thread Eve Outlet has performed flawlessly since I installed it a year ago.   I have a couple Matter over WiFi devices to install but I tend to want to keep Matter items on Thread.  

The Mac is BACK.   

The veneer of the iPad came off a few years ago and frankly Apple went a little crazy jacking up the price.  A $2000 iPad Pro...seriously Apple? 

It's good that they're revamping iPadOS and aligning it with more of the Mac OS features but the reality is the iPad has seen its time in the spotlight.  

The fact that apps went largely subscription didn't help either.  iOS in total is becoming somewhat constrained by software limitations, cost and availability. 

The prices for Intel based Macs on eBay are about to PLUNGE.