Is Apple missing the shift in human-machine relationship? The answer might be something other than lack of imagination or hooked on hardware. They could just be cautious. If so, Tim Cook’s push for a mixed reality headset over internal opposition from inside means he is feeling a bit of FOMO. Let’s see what happens, but my money is that any Siri driven headset today will have the equivalent impact of the Apple Newton in 1992. The technology isn’t yet available for the human-machine interface that we might actually use.
Thanks for stopping by, Stewart, and for the insightful interpretation. I think there's definitely room for improvement on the interface. However, after Monday's introduction of the Vision Pro, it seems clear that, as usual, Apple's come up with a fairly unique take that hides an immense amount of machine-learning and AI techniques from the user. Now, to the issue of Siri as a manifestation of Apple's investment in AI, I clearly forgot lessons I'd learned from Apple in the past. First, as cool as their advanced technologies are, they don't "admire the tech" for its own sake. Second, they never go in to a new space first. They're not big on category creation. They redefine it to suit their vision and their design and manufacturing time scales.
I'm working on a post about the Vision Pro and hope to have it up soon. .
Is Apple missing the shift in human-machine relationship? The answer might be something other than lack of imagination or hooked on hardware. They could just be cautious. If so, Tim Cook’s push for a mixed reality headset over internal opposition from inside means he is feeling a bit of FOMO. Let’s see what happens, but my money is that any Siri driven headset today will have the equivalent impact of the Apple Newton in 1992. The technology isn’t yet available for the human-machine interface that we might actually use.
Thanks for stopping by, Stewart, and for the insightful interpretation. I think there's definitely room for improvement on the interface. However, after Monday's introduction of the Vision Pro, it seems clear that, as usual, Apple's come up with a fairly unique take that hides an immense amount of machine-learning and AI techniques from the user. Now, to the issue of Siri as a manifestation of Apple's investment in AI, I clearly forgot lessons I'd learned from Apple in the past. First, as cool as their advanced technologies are, they don't "admire the tech" for its own sake. Second, they never go in to a new space first. They're not big on category creation. They redefine it to suit their vision and their design and manufacturing time scales.
I'm working on a post about the Vision Pro and hope to have it up soon. .