Ben Gillam 

@bengillam
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#ITPro of 25 Years based in South East of England (#MCP / #MCSA, #Sophos Certified Architect - #Firewalls) 

Senior #Network Engineer at Sussex Based MSP dealing with Networking, Firewalls, #Microsoft Server and Cloud Platforms and more.

#Windows / #Linux / #iOS
90s Rave, Jungle & Hardcore Fan 🎧

Cat/Dog Dad to four awesome felines cat 🐈‍⬛ and one very cheeky #Dachshund

Dwarfer!
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My #WWDC hot take

⁃ Mostly Apple Intelligence waffle
⁃ AI Siri sounds promising but let’s be honest it can’t get much worse
⁃ Adjustable Liquid Glass a welcome addition
⁃ Bit boring
⁃ Siri AI on the surface seemed slow even in demo but thinking about it since is probably no different to ChatGPT chat response

Hopefully some of these performance improvements translate into better overall feel.

#WWDC - let me guess… new Siri coming in iOS 27.5 in mid 2027
#WWDC Finding it amusing how big companies are clearly spending significant money on child protection stuff when a growing number of countries are looking to ban it outright under 16

Here’s an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of yourwill REALLY appreciate.

It’s so good, I had to make a video.

I wont however use it to replace jobs I would normally pay or work with a human to do.

I think the chatbot interface has a lot of potential with search, I've had a lot of cases where I've searched via multiple search engines for references to a problem and had no luck, but using something like CoPilot and ChatGPT its interpreted the same search and found source references with different page titles for example

I've seen it already with new staff joining, rather than researching anything properly they ask AI first. That doesn't help you learn. Is it wildly different from learning from YouTube Videos? Maybe not, although at least a human is training you and showing you how to do something.

But whatever you do you need to understand why, not just how.

Already the younger generation I'm working with in the IT industry seemingly have no ability to break down a problem and troubleshoot effectively

It goes against so much of what I stand for but I think I'm going to have to start experimenting with AI so I don't get left behind. Probably something like Claude.

Bit with caution and using as part of source of information and not taken as gospel.

I worry the younger generation desperate for a quicker route to end goal will end up never developing any skills of their own or knowing enough to tell when the AI is getting something clearly wrong.

Interested to see what WWDC Keynote brings.

Been a couple of years since something really interesting showed up. Liquid Glass was at least some change but really its a marmite skin over the same OS. really feel like it needs an overhaul to make it feel more modern.

Also Apple's behavior with developers over the last few years has really taken the shine of what used to be an exciting time of year.

Hopefully longer term a new CEO will bring some more positivity back

#WWDC

Remember when a ceasefire meant ceasing fire

US and Iran exchange strikes in Gulf in latest test of ceasefire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzgyjk2weo

US and Iran exchange strikes in Gulf in latest test of ceasefire

The US military strikes Iranian drones and radar sites and Tehran says it has targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.

BBC News

@dhry Might be something for you here - a few made me chuckle, fair amount taking this piss out of the graph view

https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMDMemes/