Don't judge Apple Intelligence by today's summaries, smartphone AI is going
to be amazing... eventually

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Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:00:20 +0000

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It wasnt a great year for smartphone AI. While AI tech advanced in leaps behind the scenes, the actual AI products we got to use seem less useful than ever. Even though AI computations make the best camera phones fantastic, we feel like we're being exposed to more bad AI than good AI . Im here to offer
a ray of sunshine through the cloud! AI is going to be very good for mobile devices. Its going to make everything so much easier that you wont ever think about having AI on your phone.

Before then, AI will have to overcome its bad rep. As Ill explain, AI is
going to be everything, but were not there yet. I dont think today's
situation is due an AI failure. I blame people, not AI. Im hopeful about AI
I predict its going to be an inseparable aspect of mobile computing in a couple of years. You won't consider buying a phone without it.

Todays AI isnt even version 1.0. The features we have today generative AI
for creating images and text, live chat agents arent the AI, but rather the tools that will build AI. These arent finished products. They arent even products at all, theyre tricks that the nascent AI systems can perform on the way to being functional. Today's AI makes me ask 'Why do we need this?'

I cant write an email or text message without my AI assistant offering to
help screw it up

I may be cynical, but look at the AI features that were being force fed. Were getting image generators rife with stereotypes , copyright violations, and potential for fraud and violence. Were getting language models that offer inaccurate facts and incorrect summaries . Minor features like handwriting recognition and photo lighting effects now rely on cloud computing, draining untold power and adding steps to the process for minimal usability gains.

Everywhere you look, pushy AI features try too hard. I cant write an email or text message without my AI assistant offering to help screw it up with gobbledygook. In Google Photos, new AI tools offer to search for the pics I want, then return results that are useless compared to the older, AI-less search capability. A stereotypical AI wallpaper image of robots partying hard (Image credit: Freepik)

New AI wallpaper tools are ubiquitous, but they create wallpapers that are impersonal at best, and they may be a bit racist at worst . Were we running low on wallpaper creators? Why do we even need generative AI for wallpapers?

If these tools were all we could expect from AI, Id say its time to shut down the project and go home. Its time to look for whats next.

I think that will probably be smart glasses, but its clear that smart
glasses, and any future mobile technology, will rely on AI and machine learning to deliver a robust experience. Thats why Im still optimistic about smartphone AI. I have to be optimistic. Its going to get better, a lot
better. When AI solves a smartphone problem, it will become valuable (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

I dont think I could change my home screen ... without searching the Settings menu, and Im a bona fide smartphone expert

Todays AI doesnt solve any big problems for users. Whats the biggest problem you have with your phone? The battery dies too quickly. Okay, AI might help with that, and I can attest that Qualcomms newest AI-forward processors are also the most efficient high-end smartphone processors Ive ever benchmarked. So, what else?

Smartphones are still too difficult to use. I really want to use all the cool features, but I dont know how. I know that my phone can do a million and one things, including a million things I never use because I dont know how.

Do you know how to share a photo by tapping your phone to another phone? Do you know how to charge your earbuds using your phones battery? Have you ever created a safety Check In on your way home at night? I know that my phone can do all of that, but Id need a refresher to figure it out. Honestly, I dont think I could change my home screen from Light Mode to Dark Mode without searching the Settings menu, and Im a bona fide smartphone expert.

AI will solve this problem. I wont need to know whether its Reverse wireless charging on my OnePlus versus PowerShare on my Galaxy versus USB-C Power Delivery with my iPhone. Ill just tell my phones AI what I want to do and it will turn on wireless power to charge my Galaxy Buds.

I wont have to know that the iPhone hides the safety Check-In feature under iMessage , while Google hides the same feature in the little-known Safety app . Ill just tell my phone to let my Dad know when Ive gotten home safely and
it will do the rest. In the future your smartphone's AI will be the entire interface

Todays slate of AI features are parlor tricks. Watch as I pour beer out of this bottle without picking it up! Bet me that I cant insert Mickey Mouse
into our group photo! See me compose a message using AI and no thought whatsoever! Okay, cool, but thats not something I want to do every day, or maybe even more than once.

Thankfully, thats not the future for AI. In the near future, were going to interact with what Qualcomm and other tech companies call AI agents. Think Siri, Gemini, and Bixby, but more capable and understanding . The AI is going to be the interface . Youll be able to swipe, or open apps, but you wont have to. Just tell the phone what you want, and dont worry about the AI. When AI finally makes our smartphone lives easier, instead of more complicated, its going to be amazing. You might also like How 2025 could make or break Apple Intelligence and Siri I used Apple Image Playground to send AI holiday greetings to my whole family... Jealous of Genmoji on Apple Intelligence?
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