• Donkter@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    ??? Wasn’t Wolfram alpha one of the first publicly available programs on the Internet using “AI”???

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      They kind of legitimately do have a reason to want to do natural language processing of some form, because they’ve got a lot of useful functionality in Mathematica that you have to have specialized knowledge of syntax to access.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        Interesting!

        Suppose computer code of any kind can result in an enjoyable UX. But suppose it’s 95% “AI” bandwagoners aggravatingly cramming it in to check a box, and they ain’t got Apple budgets:

        (Can’t do that automagic handwriting to math w/o some serious… machine learning or whatnot, but more importantly implementation’s thoughtful)

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        gif stolen from page titled Apple Math Notes is actually the most innovative part of iPadOS 18. …

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        That’s what I’m saying it’s one of the best uses for AI we have and one of the most long-lasting.