@WarnerCrocker if it weren’t for investor’s insistence, it would be much more of a back burner work in progress, as it always has been.
Not all of their machine learning efforts over the years have been iffy. It is just when they work as expected, they are taken for granted.
AI is a hot mess everywhere. Apple is just more likely to be bludgeoned for their own efforts (and shortcomings) because it’s fashionable to pile on, and vocal users have high expectations.