Asking as it seems nobody wants one based on the reception of the Pixel 9
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I’d love to know what an “AI phone” actually means, given that AI is the hottest buzzword to slap on everything since “blockchain”.
Does it mean it just connects to chat gpt? Does it run a chatbot locally? Does it do image generation and deep fakes? Does it monitor all my activity to recommend stuff google now style? Does it create a realistic personality I’ll fall in love with like in the movie “her”? What does it mean‽
it means that it has hardware that can multiply matrices. Just like the gpu they already have can!
i remember seeing this in a lemmy post somewhere.
It doesn’t matter. It’s the latest buzzword, so it might induce clueless people to buy.
Pretty much yes to all of the above.
AI Phones or AI laptops are IMO a pure marketing invention.
Nope. It’s getting to the point I don’t even want a smartphone anymore. In fact, I just bought a “dumb” phone and am going to try using that as my daily driver for a month and see how it goes. Should be delivered this afternoon, and I’ll be starting the experiment tomorrow, hopefully.
Imo, the current meaning for AI is just another way for companies to take even more of your data and embed more invasive technologies.
Edit: No thanks
On-device stuff? Sure I’ll take it. But not ones that connect online.
Want it or not, you’re gonna get it. The industry is going balls deep with it and I doubt AI phones are even the tip of the iceberg. They’re gonna use the shit in everything.
The hardware industry wants to sell new devices. Most software companies just upload your data to the cloud and to the AI magic there (e.g. ChatGPT, Bing Image creator).
False.
I want the original Google Now, because it actually worked.
That and Inbox were peak Google.
I held on to Inbox as long as I could, it was simply better.
You could use DDG or a lot of meta search engines :)
Does that work like Google now?
no, but it is what I use.
Hell no.
i just want a phone that constantly spies on me and sends recordings back to mama cloud….
I want a phone that doesn’t blast telemetry everywhere eating my battery. I want a phone that lasts a week between charges. I also want (most) apps to go away and stick to the web so my browser can keep me safe from them.
My favorite e-commerce experience has been at breweries and comedy clubs. Scan QR code, order on web page. Receive SMS to get back to page. Pay on page when done, close tab. Our exchange of information has completed. Maybe they send an email later, maybe not.
Versus apps tracking the status of your colon 24/7.
Not now. Maybe it’ll be useful once the bubble bursts and a few actually decent uses for something that could actually run on a phone emerge from the rubble and actually work.
At the moment I’m not seeing a whole lot overall that actually works unless you’re an expert using it for science or something like that.
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I don’t want an AI phone specifically, but its inclusion is not a deal breaker. I’m in it for the Foldy phones, even though they’re changing the screen sizes compared to the 0G fold, it’s still leagues better than Samshits Foldy offering and those are my only options here in the states
The demos of the Gemini AI seem somewhat useful, but only if it actually works right most of the time
Part of the problem is the Pixel phone, I mean that’s been a problem ever since it came out. Sometimes it’s alright but there’s a lot of people that have bought a Pixel & regretted it. My brother in law being one of many. I can say with relative confidence, Google Pixel phones have had so many problems & lack of support, I’m sure everybody reading this knows somebody with Google Pixel buyer’s remorse. Or maybe they are that person.
This is a well-earned reputation. So yeah I can believe people aren’t jumping at the P9.
The AI part is just another reason to not buy a Google Pixel phone.
I like my Pixel 8 just fine, but I turned Gemini off the minute Google tried to foist it on me. I am also considering just installing Graphene OS instead, which Pixels are pretty good for.
Why can’t they use AI for something useful like better commands when using hands free while driving. They have all these gimmicks yet it cannot play a specific music playlist on spotify on shuffle without a very specific word for word command
