Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

iOS 18.2 Image Playground, Genmoji approval taking forever

D

dominiongamma

macrumors 68030
Oct 19, 2014
2,504
5,456
Phoenix. AZ
dburkhanaev said:
I just find it fascinating that the of all the Apple Intelligence features, anyone cares about these. I am not saying that to be flippant. I honestly don't know what value Genmoji or Image Playground bring to the table beyond 15 minutes of playing with a new toy that will just be set aside and not picked back up again.

I don't see the fascination in generative AI beyond the cool factor. But that shine wears off quickly. If you aren't in the art/graphic business then I'm not seeing the appeal.

I honestly wish I understood the fascination. I get the email/note summaries. The AI replies and communication shortcut stuff. I don't need it. But it's practical enough that I understand it. The image/emoji stuff seems superfluous. I made a few memojis like years ago and they are just pinned in there for avatars and stuff that I will occasionally use. But they weren't like "the" features that I was waiting for an OS update for.

Can anyone explain the fascination or the draw factor? Thank you.
Click to expand...
I think it's clearly Apples is aiming for the younger generation while Android and Google's aiming for a more mature audience, lately I think Apple's been heading in the wrong direction with software. They need to get back and focus on the iOS/macos experience and not these side apps no one will use, or Ai stuff
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sal09
D

desmond94114

macrumors newbie
Oct 25, 2024
1
2
dominiongamma said:
I think it's clearly Apples is aiming for the younger generation while Android and Google's aiming for a more mature audience, lately I think Apple's been heading in the wrong direction with software. They need to get back and focus on the iOS/macos experience and not these side apps no one will use, or Ai stuff
Click to expand...
I am 55 years old and very much still on top of Apple products. I have all Apple. The AI stuff is the product of the future. Being in tech nearly 20 years, you can't even get a developer position if you are not familiar with AI.

I think a majority of my generation just gives up easily because we don't want to learn new things. I remember my dad had a flip phone and never had the desire to learn the new smart phones. Its a generation thing regarding learning rather than product vs product.

Also, I have been waiting for 24 hours and going by this thread, I will probably be waiting until next week.
 
  • Like
Reactions: ipedro and jwm
F

flybass

macrumors regular
May 1, 2015
156
243
dominiongamma said:
I think it's clearly Apples is aiming for the younger generation while Android and Google's aiming for a more mature audience, lately I think Apple's been heading in the wrong direction with software. They need to get back and focus on the iOS/macos experience and not these side apps no one will use, or Ai stuff
Click to expand...
Agree on these cartoon generation engines not appealing to an older crowd.
 
L

LIVEFRMNYC

macrumors G3
Oct 27, 2009
8,876
10,982
The ONLY way to get approval:

you-have-to-stop-thinking-about-it-craig-tucker.gif
 
  • Haha
  • Like
  • Wow
Reactions: redbeard331, originalmagneto, Minato1990 and 1 other person
S

SimonTheSoundMa

macrumors 65816
Aug 6, 2006
1,034
213
Birmingham, UK
DeejayDannyJ said:
Maybe they are done approving people, this is a Developer Beta and not Public Beta After All.

My Developer account literally just expired, not sure I want to renew at his point, def not renewing for this. I do not use apple specific developer tools enough.
Click to expand...
A free developer account also has access to the dev beta programme. All you need to do is sign the T&C’s at Apple developer.
 
S

sonicdissent

macrumors regular
Jun 21, 2010
136
19
I got in last night at about 6 est after registering for it the day the beta dropped at about 3. It makes my phone run very hot.
 
ipedro

ipedro

macrumors 603
Nov 30, 2004
6,325
8,828
Toronto, ON
dburkhanaev said:
I just find it fascinating that the of all the Apple Intelligence features, anyone cares about these. I am not saying that to be flippant. I honestly don't know what value Genmoji or Image Playground bring to the table beyond 15 minutes of playing with a new toy that will just be set aside and not picked back up again.

I don't see the fascination in generative AI beyond the cool factor. But that shine wears off quickly. If you aren't in the art/graphic business then I'm not seeing the appeal.

I honestly wish I understood the fascination. I get the email/note summaries. The AI replies and communication shortcut stuff. I don't need it. But it's practical enough that I understand it. The image/emoji stuff seems superfluous. I made a few memojis like years ago and they are just pinned in there for avatars and stuff that I will occasionally use. But they weren't like "the" features that I was waiting for an OS update for.

Can anyone explain the fascination or the draw factor? Thank you.
Click to expand...

There is some pretty funny irony here that you’re lacking imagination to understand the potential for machine imagination.

I‘m not saying this to be flippant or offensive so I hope you don’t take it that way. There are plenty of practical uses for this beyond the immediately apparent:

- this will begin to put an end to the never-ending parade of emojis being added every year. If any reaction can be generated on the spot, there’s no need to pre-design hundreds of them. This will finally clean up and simplify the UI for everyone, even those who don’t use emojis regularly.

- cartoons may be at the forefront of the marketing for this, but for those of us who don’t care for this type of image generation, we’ll also get technical drawings and other illustrations that we currently spend time sifting Google Images to find pictures to add to our documents.

- it’ll make everyone a decent drawer. Not everyone can draw and for those people, it’s difficult to illustrate an image that’s in their head to demonstrate a point. Magic Wand allows you to draw a rough stick figure of what’s in your mind and outputs something far more detailed and easy for your intended audience to understand.

- if you have kids, imagine being able to sit at their bedside and tell them a story of when you were a kid, drawing stick figures on your iPad that shows them cute cartoons as you tell them a bedtime story straight out of your own mind.

- Let’s say you want to demonstrate a house idea that you have in your head to explain to your architect. AI image generation is going to get increasingly sophisticated. It will be able to output CAD drawings from a basic idea you had.

Ultimately, the ability for computers to “imagine” is a major step in making humanity more productive and removing friction in areas and industries that were just not possible. Cartoons images are just the most accessible way to get started.
 
  • Like
Reactions: HeatherA
originalmagneto

originalmagneto

macrumors regular
Jun 7, 2015
186
189
Slovakia
Coolpher said:
I downloaded it to my iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPad Pro 13 about two hours after it released developers, and requested it immediately still waiting
Click to expand...
I applied 2,5hours after the initial release of the beta (was outside for a drink, I know, my fault) and I’m still waiting. EU iCloud, UK AppStore, Region and language set to US English. I have all AI features working except Image Creation.
 
DerfBWH

DerfBWH

macrumors 6502
Aug 11, 2008
350
429
Still waiting here on both my iPhone 16 Pro Max and my M4 iPad Pro. Patience is a virtue I guess!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom