Apple is planning to launch a tabletop robot in 2027, reports Bloomberg. The device features a 7-inch iPad-like display mounted on a movable arm that...
The idea is for the device to act like a person in a room. It could interrupt a conversation between friends about dinner plans, say, and suggest nearby restaurants or relevant recipes. It’s also being designed to engage in back-and-forth discussions for things like planning a trip or getting tasks done.
Sounds cool. But it has the same baggage all cloud AI has.
Nothing makes me tune out of a conversation faster than if someone injects a ChatGPT response into it.
That’s bad enough, but now Apple wants to create a total surveillance device that not only listens to everything we say and uploads into their cloud, but also spits up random nonsense at random times?
Nothing makes me tune out of a conversation _faster_ than if someone injects a ChatGPT response into it.
I’m actually totally with you there.
There’s a chance Apple thinks they can make this work on-device with calls out for info only to grab the info. Not to upload logs of your conversations.
They are well aware of the myths that say voice assistants are streaming everything you say to their operators. I don’t think they want to do that.
The “spits random nonsense at random times” is the excuse for the total surveillance device that listens to everything we say.
I like to believe there would be at least some resistance if apple straight up said “we made your device listen to literally everything you say and upload it to our server for analysis and storage”.
But if they say “here’s a virtual companion that acts like another person in the room” then people will be swindled in the same way they have been with so called home assistants.
Why? Like, seriously… Why?
Sounds cool. But it has the same baggage all cloud AI has.
Nothing makes me tune out of a conversation faster than if someone injects a ChatGPT response into it.
That’s bad enough, but now Apple wants to create a total surveillance device that not only listens to everything we say and uploads into their cloud, but also spits up random nonsense at random times?
I’m actually totally with you there.
There’s a chance Apple thinks they can make this work on-device with calls out for info only to grab the info. Not to upload logs of your conversations.
They are well aware of the myths that say voice assistants are streaming everything you say to their operators. I don’t think they want to do that.
The “spits random nonsense at random times” is the excuse for the total surveillance device that listens to everything we say.
I like to believe there would be at least some resistance if apple straight up said “we made your device listen to literally everything you say and upload it to our server for analysis and storage”.
But if they say “here’s a virtual companion that acts like another person in the room” then people will be swindled in the same way they have been with so called home assistants.
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