What's wrong with Apple Intelligence

[bk125]

I've been trying to figure out why Apple Intelligence has been rubbing me the wrong way since I enabled it Monday. What I've landed on is, the features that have been introduced so far seem to assume that what everyone needs with their devices is to be able to exchange information faster.

But I don't text or email with my friends and family—the people I use my phone most with—primarily to gather information. I want to hear their tone, and I want to read the stories they tell in the way that they tell them. So when my text message previews are taken over by Apple Intelligence summaries, it amounts to spoilers that drain the storytelling impact of my text message threads.

I have just learned that I can turn these off. But does anyone else feel this way?

 

[twintin]

Not sure I fully understand what you want ? You don't like the summaries or do you want them to be in some other way ?

 

[MrAverigeUser]

I've been trying to figure out why Apple Intelligence has been rubbing me the wrong way since I enabled it Monday. What I've landed on is, the features that have been introduced so far seem to assume that what everyone needs with their devices is to be able to exchange information faster.

But I don't text or email with my friends and family—the people I use my phone most with—primarily to gather information. I want to hear their tone, and I want to read the stories they tell in the way that they tell them. So when my text message previews are taken over by Apple Intelligence summaries, it amounts to spoilers that drain the storytelling impact of my text message threads.

I have just learned that I can turn these off. But does anyone else feel this way?

Well done !

I am very interested in new and advanced technologies, but...

New products, projects, technologies, cultures, etc. have ALWAYS three life-cycles:

1) phase of extremly euphoric overestimation (can lead to negative, critical or even very dangerous developments)
2) phase of disillusion
3) phase of REALISM....

These phases appear even in scientific environments, not just in consumer-markets! Even in politics... sadly.

I prefer always to analyse new "things" and to NOT join childish hypes - even more if the word "revolutionary..." appears. People forget that "revolutions" meant often enough "catastrophies" in history.

As for me, if something new appears and even critical analysis does not show potential of very negative aspects, I give it a try - but resting as a critical observer or user.

But - although or better BECAUSE I was professionally integrated in very innovative processes - I prefer mostly neither to join too soon nor too late - joining in phase 3 after the early adopters learned their lessons in the hard way is the best way to get along. And do always think for myself about the pros and cons of the "new thing". The more the "new thing" seems to be important with its consequences the more I prefer to think in deep about it.

So - you did the right thing.

More people should take a look at Stanley Kubricks nearly 50 years old Film "2001 - Oddysee" and think about the main theme of this film !!!

HAL 2000 ("HAL" in the film meant "IBM")


I am able to communicate without AI - and I will perhaps enjoy and use it in the future. But never ever underestimate its high riscs....

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

I don't use it. My life isn't so busy that I need summaries and I will always need to review AI 'responses' so why not just write the responses myself? AI doesn't make my life easier currently and until it does I'm good.

 

[bk125]

Not sure I fully understand what you want ? You don't like the summaries or do you want them to be in some other way ?

I think it would be great if Siri knew what I was talking about, for instance, but this version of Apple Intelligence feels like it’s for people who don’t want to read or write their own emails.

I imagine most people don’t want to read some of their emails, but I’m not sure the solution to this should be an AI interpreter, versus, say, unsubscribing from your spams. Because AI summaries don’t really even reduce my cognitive load per message—you have to think about how likely it is that the model got the summary right or you risk being sloppy.

For texts, this just isn’t something I ever wanted. And for emails, at least for me, I find the spoilers for the messages I care about, even when they’re accurate, are more annoying than the utility of the feature for the messages I don’t.

 

[cale508]

No. If you don't like it, don't use it. It's not been forced on you. Simple.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Summaries can be turned off/on per app and you can still have AI enabled on other stuff, if you want.. I have summaries off as I don't get enough notifications (read disabled) that I need to summarize them.

No. If you don't like it, don't use it. It's not been forced on you. Simple.

Exactly.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

If you don't find the new features useful, disable AI and continue using your phone like you did before.. I like trying new things so I have no problem trying the features that have been released. If I don't find them useful, I just won't use them

 

[papbot]

Love the summaries, and I just decide on a case-by-case basis which ones I need to see all the included text or which ones I can just swipe away and go on about my business. Of course, you can turn this off on a per-app basis, but even if you don’t, there’s nothing that prevents you from seeing the complete versions of what you’re looking at.