Apple Intelligence is also a symptom of a bigger problem. It used to be that back in the earlier days of iOS and overall tech industry, a combination of common decency and App Store rules meant notification spam wasn't really a thing (you wouldn't consider doing it, and if you would then you may very well get booted off the store).<p>This meant that at the time there was frankly no <i>need</i> to run notifications/etc through a summarizer (or even make notifications persist after unlocking the screen).<p>But then Apple gave up on enforcing the rule, and the push for more "growth & engagement" meant that common decency was also out the window, so now notification spam is normal and even Apple itself engages in it to advertise Apple Music/etc.
Yep, no use on my computer. Can’t think of a feature that would be helpful they announced. A better Siri would
benefit me but I don’t have a new enough iPhone. I did try “who did I meet with for lunch last week” on my iPad and it failed miserably, but I think that’s because the feature wasn’t released…too bad the commercials came out way before the feature was launched
The clumsy rollout of this is surprising considering Apple's conservative approach to new technology. I thought Apple was one of those companies that could afford to ignore the Gartner hype index.<p>As for the ham-fisted summarization on display in the OP example, I am reminded of the video of a dog that goes up to a shopkeeper and hands him a leaf, in exchange for a biscuit. The dog doesn't understand currency or context: he's simply seen hundreds of people hand the shopkeeper a leaf-like substance and walk off with a cookie.
Apple used to take their time, and build out a feature to excellence. They never tried to be first to market, but you could feel that when they did launch it was worth your attention. After Vision Pro and Apple pretending they cared about siri the voice activated timer for 15 years i think the era of apple intelligence is over. I just hope new companies can build something interesting before computers become as thrilling as toasters.
The top 3 levels at Apple all need to fly off for an offsite on their private jets and ask themselves if they are perhaps out of touch and have lost their way.
Me too, somehow Siri got worse with the addition of Apple Intelligence. It now just drops audio commands that old Siri could handle reliably. The new Siri voice sounds much colder and much more robotic. Siri’s response time is slower too.