Re:Pixel 9a: The latest A-series phone with Google AI smarts...
by red-iron-pine on Thursday March 20, 2025 @09:44AM
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less. far less in most cases.
1) the phone is already data mining the shit out of me; this is just paying more money for something that's going to destroy my privacy more effectively.
2) AI adds no value to what I need this phone to do: take pictures, calls, text, web browsing, and a few other apps as needed.
3) the utility of AI is still dubious in general -- Copilot and ChatGPT still get enough shit wrong I cannot trust it in a work context, and the code they provides is basic but wonky in weird ways. the utility or marginal utility here is effectively non-existent.
1) the phone is already data mining the shit out of me; this is just paying more money for something that's going to destroy my privacy more effectively.
2) AI adds no value to what I need this phone to do: take pictures, calls, text, web browsing, and a few other apps as needed.
3) the utility of AI is still dubious in general -- Copilot and ChatGPT still get enough shit wrong I cannot trust it in a work context, and the code they provides is basic but wonky in weird ways. the utility or marginal utility here is effectively non-existent.