{"id":29714,"date":"2020-08-07T16:34:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T20:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=29714"},"modified":"2020-08-10T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T19:43:29","slug":"why-apple-believes-its-an-ai-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/07\/why-apple-believes-its-an-ai-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Apple Believes It&rsquo;s an AI Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2020\/08\/apple-explains-how-it-uses-machine-learning-across-ios-and-soon-macos\/\">Samuel Axon<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2020\/08\/apple-explains-how-it-uses-machine-learning-across-ios-and-soon-macos\/\">\n<p>In the wake of the Apple silicon announcement, I spoke at length with John Giannandrea, Apple&rsquo;s Senior Vice President for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, as well as with Bob Borchers, VP of Product Marketing. They described Apple&rsquo;s AI philosophy, explained how machine learning drives certain features, and argued passionately for Apple&rsquo;s on-device AI\/ML strategy.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, I understand this perception of bigger models in data centers somehow are more accurate, but it&rsquo;s actually wrong. It&rsquo;s actually technically wrong. It&rsquo;s better to run the model close to the data, rather than moving the data around. And whether that&rsquo;s location data&mdash;like what are you doing&mdash; [or] exercise data&mdash;what&rsquo;s the accelerometer doing in your phone&mdash;it&rsquo;s just better to be close to the source of the data, and so it&rsquo;s also privacy preserving.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/04\/apple-hires-john-giannandrea\/\">Apple Hires John Giannandrea<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"why-apple-believes-its-an-ai-leader-update-2020-08-10\">Update (2020-08-10): Unfortunately, it&rsquo;s not clear <em>why<\/em> Giannandrea believes local models would be more accurate.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=24088786\">Despegar<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=24088786\"><p>Apple was saying this all along but no one really believed them because it sounded like excuse making.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/giannandrea-borchers-ars-technica\/\">Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/giannandrea-borchers-ars-technica\/\">\n<p>One thing Axon appears not to have asked is how Apple grades the success of a machine learning model.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>How does Apple&rsquo;s machine learning team know when a change to something as crucial to the device as the keyboard is a success?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=24078369\">Hacker News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/27\/ios-13-autocorrect-is-drunk\/\">iOS 13 Autocorrect Is Drunk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/21\/ios-10-notes\/\">iOS 10 Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Axon: In the wake of the Apple silicon announcement, I spoke at length with John Giannandrea, Apple&rsquo;s Senior Vice President for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, as well as with Bob Borchers, VP of Product Marketing. 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