The AI is in the computer
The Vergecast discusses the current trend of hardware manufacturers integrating AI assistants directly into consumer devices like laptops and tablets. The hosts debate whether AI-centric computing is a viable future or a misguided strategy.
Why it matters
As tech giants pivot their hardware strategies toward AI, understanding the implications for user experience and privacy is increasingly important.
It’s gadget season, and a lot of companies are launching a lot of new products. But whether it’s Microsoft dropping a high-end laptop, Amazon shipping a fancy Android tablet, or Apple diving headlong into the smart home, the actual strategy appears to be almost always the same. All these companies believe AI assistants and agents are the future of computing, and they’re building devices that put them front and center.
On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay dig into all this new hardware to figure out whether any of it has the right take on AI. (Or if “the AI should run the computer” is even the right idea in the first place.) They discuss Amazon’s ambitions to be a maker of great hardware, Microsoft’s powerful new take on Surface, and even whether Googlebooks can be the AI-centric future of laptops.
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