I’ve been hearing a lot about AI in mobile phones lately, and I’m kind of confused about how it’s different from the usual smart features that Android phones already have. Like, I know Android has stuff like Google Assistant, face unlock, and all those smart options, but then there’s this “AI” term being thrown around everywhere. What’s the actual difference? Is it just a fancy name for features we’ve been using, or does it really add something new? I’m not super tech savvy, so if you guys could explain it in simple terms or share your thoughts, that’d be great. Maybe even some examples of AI in phones?
More or less, yes. AI is marketing grift tech companies have been trying to sell us for decades. It never ever works but they continue to try and shove it down our throats year after year. It has the potential to be extremely valuable in a lot of ways but in reality it falls short of what is needed in order to be valuable. We’ve seen this for decades with Siri and Google Assistant. I don’t know why, the only people buying it seem to be other corporations, right before it very predictably fucks them and then they discontinue it. There’s also tons of money to make by defrauding “investors” with farcical hype, taking their money, and never delivering anything practical.
OpenAI made some major strides with the likes of ChatGPT and Dall-E and really kicked this whole revolution off but it’s already crashing and burning.