I’ve been hearing a lot about AI in mobile phones lately, and I’m kind of confused about how it’s different from the usual smart features that Android phones already have. Like, I know Android has stuff like Google Assistant, face unlock, and all those smart options, but then there’s this “AI” term being thrown around everywhere. What’s the actual difference? Is it just a fancy name for features we’ve been using, or does it really add something new? I’m not super tech savvy, so if you guys could explain it in simple terms or share your thoughts, that’d be great. Maybe even some examples of AI in phones?

  • al4s@feddit.orgEnglish
    21·
    5 days ago

    AI has been in phones for ages. What’s new is the following:

    • It has become fashionable to market things as AI
    • New phones can run more AI locally now, in the past almost everything had to be sent to the cloud first
    • LLMs enable much better answers if you ask a voice assistant a question, or if you want a summary of anything

    If that warrants branding everything as AI I’ll leave up to you

    • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      5 days ago

      LLMs enable potentially better answers and summaries. There’s also potential for massive failures, like it reporting that your mother attempted suicide when she was really just talking about how something exhausted her.