[Ailist] Steve Jobs and AI?

[Leif Josefsson]

This is an interesting conversation!  I have been in contact with the debate
of MAC vs PC for almost 20 years now.   And being right is not always the
right thing.

*Reflection nr 1*
It's so obvious that a Mac is a much "better" product. And that every Apple
product is a marvel of beauty compared to any other. But why has it not
taken more than a small part of the market?  Can it be that a lot of people
resist the feeling of entering a religous sect when going for Mac?  That we
prefer the chaotic world of an inferior system with lots of producers of
ugly machines?  Because it gives us the freedom of choice, and that some of
us prefer to be agnostics also in the context of technology. Now that a lot
of us (at least in Europe) has left a lot of religous faith in God behind
us.

*Reflection nr 2*
On the other hand you could look at the perspective of appreciation.  When
it comes to entrepreneurs it might be useful to appreciate them even if they
are not very appreciative themselves.  If appreciation always mean to smile
and be positive you might end up in a very boring and non creative world.
But of course on the other hand - if Jobs "being right" story had been
complemented with a more appreciative perspective Apple might have had 25%
of the market instead of 8,1%

*Reflection nr 3*
One  interesting aspect with Apple is around metaphors.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2007/10/cultofmac_1031
The user interface we know is based on office metaphors which date back to
the Xerox Palo Alto Research office back in the 60s.  We are still stuck
with files, folders, wastebaskets etc.  As mobile technology makes it
possible to become much more part of "Mobile Ecosystems" than a well
functioning machine part, we need new metaphors both in our lifes and on our
computer screen.   As Apple controls the interface, they have a great
opportunity to adapt to changing patterns in social behavior.

And this is also why a few of us have created the www.metafari.com -

Have a wonderful day!

/Leif

2008/3/6, Lionel Boxer <lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au>:
>
> So, would Apple products be so "wonderful" if Jobs was not that way?
> Perhaps they would - how much better may they be if he were different?
> Something has always bothered me about Apple products; this quotation
> below helps me to articulate that the reason I have been bothered by
> Apple products is that they have a mood of arrogance about them.
>
> Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256
> Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au
> Graduate School of Business
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> The Sustainable Way: http://intergon.net/tsw
> >>> Hank Kearns <hkearns4 at comcast.net> 06/03/08 12:56 PM >>>
>
> This is a very interesting read from Fortune magazine:
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.fortune/
> index.htm
>
> I've been an Apple users all of my computer life, although not a
> knowledgeable as you and many others, and have felt a real allegiance
> to Apple. First I liked the product, but to be honest there was the
> "style" issue and pulling for the underdog attraction. I have mixed
> emotions when I read stories about Steve Jobs that talk of his
> arrogance, rudeness, and other undesirable traits. I guess I'm just
> an idealist, but I would rather have Steve be a little more
> humanistic. :)
>
> "As soon as people heard I was writing a book on assholes, they would
> come up to me and start telling a Steve Jobs story," says Sutton.
> "The degree to which people in Silicon Valley are afraid of Jobs is
> unbelievable. He made people feel terrible; he made people cry. But
> he was almost always right, and even when he was wrong, it was so
> creative it was still amazing." Says Palo Alto venture capitalist
> Jean-Louis Gasse, a former Apple executive who once worked with Jobs:
> "Democracies don't make great products. You need a competent tyrant."
>
> Can leaders have the success like Jobs and use the concepts of AI?
>
>
> Cannot wait for the next Apple product!! :)
>
> Hank Kearns
>
> - -
>
> www.greydogmac.com/
> Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.
> Alfred Painter:
>
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