I say this every time: the average person never wants to hear the letters A and I. Not because it has a negative connotation, but because they don’t care how their phone gets them an answer to “when is my dentist appointment” they just want it to do it.

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Gigachad 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

At least for consumer software, AI is synonymous with annoying nagware forcing itself in your way.

	▲	jorisw 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think you're trying to say, the term 'AI' is _associated_ with chatbots being added in places (websites mostly) where they are more of a nuisance than added value. OpenAI's ChatGPT is AI consumer software and is a hit, albeit mostly free tier users.

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simonh an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yep, by using the terms intelligence, and occasionally Apple Intelligence and not AI[1], they get to talk about these features in a way that don't trigger an automatic mental gag reflex. The fact they cottoned on to this 2 years ago is actually pretty impressive.

[1] https://x.com/ArtemR/status/2056961743142957143

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frizlab 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Exactly. Even though Siri is completely lost today, my friend asks it a number of random things, all she wants is an answer. Currently it redirects to the web, it’s enough for her. I told her “next year it’ll work!” And boom. We’re in the EU. Sad.