AI is a technology not a product
3 days ago
- #AI technology
- #Apple strategy
- #product development
- Steven Levy argues that Apple's next CEO must launch a killer AI product to define the AI era, similar to the iPhone, or risk disruption of the iPhone ecosystem.
- John Gruber disagrees, stating that Apple's approach is to ship amazing products and experiences, not technologies, and AI should be pervasive like wireless networking.
- Gruber criticizes Levy's vision of AI agents autonomously hailing rides without phones by 2030 as implausible and disconnected from practical product realities.
- He emphasizes that phones will remain central for tasks like ride-hailing, cameras, screens, and communication, even as AI integrates into devices.
- Gruber concludes that AI, like wireless, will be integrated across Apple's products rather than a standalone killer device, and Apple cannot ignore it but should focus on seamless integration.