Cabel SasserJun 10, 2024

First three top-of-mind thoughts about Apple Intelligence:

• I really wish they would have addressed the environmental story. That would help me personally accept these features more. But I know they can’t… because the story isn’t good.

• I actually think a lot of it looks quite nice, feels Apple-esque, and the UI they’re doing is really cool

• I remain viscerally repulsed by any AI generated art lol (In their Notes demo the sketch looked better!)

True absolute star of the keynote: MathNotes

Show threadisaiahJun 10, 2024

@cabel my wife (a high school math teacher) only looked up from her own work once to look at the keynote. it was the math notes section.

when it solved an algebra equation she visibly groaned and said “ugh!” — i can’t tell you exactly why. but i know she didn’t like it at all.

AI images don’t seem to disturb her, but AI math gives her the creeps.

maybe each of us has our own personal uncanny valley of AI creepiness.

Show threadMarina EpelmanJun 10, 2024
@isaiah @cabel Let’s be clear, it didn’t solve any equations (or “solve math” 🤮). It plugged some values into an expression. It did some arithmetic. It plugged. It chugged. It didn’t solve anything.
Show threadisaiahJun 10, 2024
@marinaepelman @cabel as someone with no arithmetic skill who likes advanced math i’m all for it.
i think for my wife’s work, anything that obviates learning basic algebra makes motivating her special ed students that much more difficult.
Show threadMarina Epelman

@isaiah @cabel So far, they haven’t shown anything beyond what a very simple graphic calculator could do, but in a prettier package. (It can plot y=x+2, but can it plot x+y=3?) So, calculations with numbers, not solving equations, etc.

Also, showed total misunderstanding of what the word “solve” means by saying “solve math” in the keynote and writing “solve functions” on the website. Just unforgivable!

Jun 10, 2024 at 11:24pmMona for iPhone
Show threadisaiahJun 10, 2024

@marinaepelman @cabel ok now i have to go try to slip “solve math” into a dinner conversation and see how wife kids react

wife has math degree, and technical-editing credentials, one kid is getting his math degree, the other is finishing engineering degree

so this will probably be nails on chalkboard. tho sometimes they’re pretty blasé about grammar so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i’ll report back my findings.

Show threadMarina EpelmanJun 10, 2024
@isaiah @cabel Yours sounds like the kind of family I’d enjoy meeting :-) (and I am super curious about technical editing credentials for mathematicians and everything that entails!)
Show threadisaiahJun 11, 2024

@marinaepelman @cabel we’re the nerds you’re looking for. 🤓

after uni my wife launched into a teaching career. a year later she wanted a do-over.
so she worked at several software companies writing manuals (hey, remember Stuff-It?) and picking up technical editing certificates.

after kids grew up a bit I think she was ready to try teaching again. now she’s a spec-ed math teacher at the local high school.

dhe doesn’t write/edit much anymore except when i ask her to edit my software docs.