I can eventually see AI features becoming a MUST have. Heck the free story writing it does now for me is game changing. But what could Apple AI do on a Mac Mini for $20 a month I feel like Apple is roping people in with the Mac Mini.
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Would you pay $20 a month for Apple AI on the Mac mini?
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Not yet I would not. I know it is really basic so far, but don’t see any advantage to the current Apple AI. On latest Beta too.
No, there are plenty of AI tool options out there. I really hope Apple doesn't focus too much on AI at the expense of its actual product development.
I would be more likely to pay not to have them.
It would need a killer feature. And I mean killer.
I’m struggling to imagine what this could possibly be, given that ‘AI’ isn’t really exciting technology and only serves to be a tool occasionally. And as for generative technology, it’s literally just learning from patterns.
So no I wouldn’t pay for any AI service from any company right now. I’m glad that Apple has taken a more cautious approach and made the features more useful, even if they are reigning it back compared to other companies.
I’m struggling to imagine what this could possibly be, given that ‘AI’ isn’t really exciting technology and only serves to be a tool occasionally. And as for generative technology, it’s literally just learning from patterns.
So no I wouldn’t pay for any AI service from any company right now. I’m glad that Apple has taken a more cautious approach and made the features more useful, even if they are reigning it back compared to other companies.
I had a two word response, but MR's profanity filter won't allow me to write the word before the "No."
Can I pay to delete the 4.85GB it takes up when it's disabled?
$20 for 10 months would pay for an upgrade from a 256gb to a 512gb ssd. 
If you have a lot of writing to do, it could be worth it. Even today, here's the result of me asking Siri/ChatGPT to write a change management request by saying "write me a change management request to install bitlocker management tools on our domain controllers"
.... there's a lot more not pictured that needed to be scrolled to see.
Basically what I wanted, would have taken me 15-30 minutes or more to write up, AI did it for me in seconds. Took me a minute or two to proofread and adjust.
$20/month is peanuts if it saves me 1/2 hr per day, and it would be possible to save much more than that.
Work smarter, not harder.
That said, LMstudio with llama 3.3 also did a pretty good job and that runs locally but needs a heap of RAM.:
Also wrote me some code, lol. I can write the code too, but getting an LLM to do it and then quickly proof read it is faster.
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Would I pay $20/month for Apple AI on any machine? Absolutely not! No way, not ever.
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HobeSoundDarryl
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That’s probably like saying you are waiting for Apple Maps to catch up to Google Maps… or Siri to catch up to Alexa… or Bluetooth “the future” to be as ubiquitous as 3.5mm, etc.
Or maybe that’s exactly what you mean. 😉