So Apple has introduced a new system called “Private Cloud Compute” that allows your phone to offload complex (typically AI) tasks to specialized secure devices in the cloud. I’m still trying to work out what I think about this. So here’s a thread. 1/

@matthew_d_green Suppose, only for the sake of argument, that these technical measures succeed, and Apple‘s system is as secure as we want it to be. Here‘s my concern.

Years down the line, will their management still be as strongly committed to those goals? It sounds like this comes at considerable cost and effort. Will they *never* give in to the temptation to cut corners?

While reading the thread, I thought of Boeing. Once a model of engineering and safety; look what happened.

@slimhazard @matthew_d_green

I think a more interesting question to ask about Boeing is, "what can we do differently so that failures like this are less likely?"

It's all very well and good to point out potential future problems. The specific problem of what happens if Apple's corporate culture changes is one that sometimes keeps me up at night too—I don't really understand why it's as good as it is, and I want it to stay that way or even improve.

What can we do to facilitate that?

@abhayakara @slimhazard @matthew_d_green
@pluralistic did an informative piece about Boeing, listing lot of things that went wrong and could have been prevented, especially by regulators: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/#mrsa
Pluralistic: Boeing’s deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage (01 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

@bloc @abhayakara @slimhazard @matthew_d_green @pluralistic But even more especially by Engineers and not know-nothing MBA's running an Engineering Company!