Give Siri Some Space, Please
In the 24th episode of the AVALON podcast, Neil discussed the following topics/subjects:
What's on the Agenda (the bulk of the discussion modeled after Apple’s Monday morning meetings)
Revisiting more personal Siri (what happened, where things stand, what's next).
Bloomberg's report regarding Apple white labeling Gemini for Siri
Private Cloud Compute.
How Apple is playing the long (AI) game with its device/OS/app ecosystem.
Why I'm skeptical of ChatGPT providing utility for the mass market.
Lighting Round (two topics two minutes each)
Apple unveils iPhone Pocket.
Apple leans into pro-human Apple TV intro theme.
Give Me a Break (something ridiculous that jumped out at me)
My TI-83 Plus fiasco (Amazon headaches).
Tell Me More (something intriguing that has my attention)
Derek Thompson’s “The Monks in the Casino” article, and his theory that young people are more risk averse in the physical world yet more risk-seeking in the digital world.
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