Making AI popular is a marathon, not a sprint
Computerworld December 16, 2024
A recent survey confirms slow adoption of AI services among smartphone users. Even iPhone users — usually the fastest adopters of cutting-edge tech — seem to want convincing that AI is all it’s cracked up to be.
AI is everywhere, but from where I sit, there are some strong signals that suggest the road to AI Everywhere is going to be a long-distance endurance race, rather than a sprint.
While these tools are seeing a lot of use since ChatGPT burst upon the scene, they are also generating lots of cost — and despite all the marketing, it still isn’t really clear if consumers are buying hardware based on ‘AI Inside.’ (Though it is already clear that workers are using...