While I agree with the marketing aspects of Apple not using the word "AI", I fail to understand how local models will be able to outform LLMs.
First things first, we don't really know what these LLMs will evolve to be in future. Then comes the question, whatever they evolve to be, can they be implemented locally?
A key point the author talks about is Siri is garbage. Perhaps it is garbage because Siri didnt have LLMs but it is worth noting that it is still garbage after it was made local only in ios15 (2021).
Here is what I think:
Traditionally Apple has never relied on AI. They didn't need to as other than search, there were no big AI use cases. Even now, AI use cases are still being developed, so it makes sense for them to wait and watch to see how things evolve & then implement the best possible solution.
First things first, we don't really know what these LLMs will evolve to be in future. Then comes the question, whatever they evolve to be, can they be implemented locally?
A key point the author talks about is Siri is garbage. Perhaps it is garbage because Siri didnt have LLMs but it is worth noting that it is still garbage after it was made local only in ios15 (2021).
Here is what I think:
Traditionally Apple has never relied on AI. They didn't need to as other than search, there were no big AI use cases. Even now, AI use cases are still being developed, so it makes sense for them to wait and watch to see how things evolve & then implement the best possible solution.