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Rohit Anand's avatar

So, a new device – and it's not a smartphone replacement! Even though our generation's main communication device is due for innovation, Sam Altman is going for something completely new. I wonder what its purpose will be. Are we all going to get personal assistants?

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Saanya Ojha's avatar

I’d love to see what we can dream up, untethered from what the smartphone taught us to expect. Maybe the future of computing isn’t in our hands, it’s all around us.

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Tushar Nagananda's avatar

I give them no chance. What has Jony Ive done since Apple that is of the same level of tectonic shifts? Nothing. He is a titan but titans fall.

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Saanya Ojha's avatar

“No chance” is a bold take on the guy who… *checks notes* designed the iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Apple Watch - and shaped the aesthetic of a trillion-dollar empire.

I appreciate the skepticism, but I wouldn’t write him off. Quiet seasons don’t erase impact.

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Tushar Nagananda's avatar

What has he done since leaving apple though? What tech product has he developed that changed the world since then? He's been in "retirement" doing cute stuff with Ferrari.

Sports gives us great analogies of superstars who tried to leave the team and win on their own and it rarely works.

I hugely respect Jony Ive, but I've seen this tale too many times. Buy an ageing super creator to solve a problem rather than investing in house.

Apple MADE Jony Ive as much as he made Apple.

Im calling the bluff. Past performance is not an indicator of future results.

I am so open to being wrong about this but I simply think the AI hype train is driving off a cliff

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