This is the thing that winds me the fuck up.

The reason why Apple intelligence is shit is not because Apple's AI is particularly bad (Hello CoPilot) its because AI gives a really bad user experience.

When we go and talk to openAI/claude we know its going to fuck up, and we either make our peace with that, or just not care.

But, when I open my phone to take a picture, I don't want a 1/12 chance of it just refusing to do that and phoning my wife instead.

Forcing AI into thing where we are used to a specific predictable action is bad for UX.

Sure you can argue "oh but the summaries were bad" Yes, of course they are. its a tiny model that runs on your phone with fuck all context.

Its pretty impressive that they were as good as they were. Its even more impressive that they let them out the door knowing that it would fuckup like that.