On 2024-06-11 21:42:25 +0000, Alan Browne said:

> On 2024-06-11 16:33, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2024-06-11 12:09:40 +0000, Alan Browne said:
>
>>> But adding features is where they have to go to keep relevant and
>>> abreast of the competition if not passing it.
>>
>> AI is not a "feature". It's just another useless bandwagon-jumping
>> gimmick to sell yet another new phone to stupid people. Thankfully the
>
> Given my experience with it (ChatGPT), and given the failings of
> "helpful" features such as Siri, it's plain you're complaining w/o
> knowing what it's all about and what it can and cannot do.

The point was that 95% of users don't care what it can and cannot do,
even if they understood it.

"Artificial intelligence" (an oxymoron) is mainly for those who don't
have any real intelligence and/or are too lazy to do things themselves.
Same with "smart" devices, which are mostly just incredibly stupid.

>> silliness can (reportedly) be turned off ... yet something else I need
>> to include on the growing "turn off" list for on every device I set up
>> for people.  :-(
>
> When you setup for "people" you should let them decide what they want -
> not impose your desires and prejudices upon them.

The people I set up devices for are tech novices who just want to use
the devices for simple things (like 95% of users do). The fewer
complications and pointless "features" there are, the better it is for
them ... and, yes, for me as well.

Time Machine gets turned off, touch gestures on the mouse (other than
scrolling up / down) get turned off, as did the old "squeeze me"
button, etc. and so now will this useless AI nonsense.

If it's something they specifically want or actually need, then it can
get turned back on. That is what they pay me to know as their tech
expert. The reality is that none of the things I turn off has ever
actually needed to be turned on again ... because they *are* just
marketing gimmicks that most normal people simply do not need nor want.