I generally agree with Brent. AI is not ready for prime time. One of my personal aphorisms (Davisms) is that software can't do your job for you, you have to know what you're doing.
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I have a warped sense of humor and a penchant for irony. While I may be wrong--in which case I will apologize--I think Brent uses voice-to-text for his posts. Voice-to-text is fundamentally AI. It demonstrates the failings of AI wonderfully and yet Brent has fallen into its use. That does not take away from the validity of his points.
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I think that Apple should keep up with and where possible push the boundaries of technology and science. That includes AI. I think rolling out capabilities that aren't in fact very capable is not good business. The customer base should not be beta testers.
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In the end "you have to know what you're doing." I certainly embrace the little blue (grammar) and red (spelling) squiggly lines that nudge me in the right direction when writing. I'm happy for the availability of Google and other search engines for research. I'm thrilled by Google Scholar for access to meaningful, mostly peer-reviewed and prepub material. I have to go to the library for Lexus-Nexus but I can get Google Scholar sitting at me desk at home (in my underwear). AI is working its way into search engines.
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You still have to know what you are doing. You have to sort the wheat from the chaff. It helps to be a polymath. *grin* AI still conflates commonality of belief with fact and opinion with fact. Maybe that will improve. I hope so, but for now you shouldn't count on it. I think Brent and I agree on that.
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Do not confuse your or other's vision of the future and potential with the current reality. AI is not all that good yet. What is sad is that for many people what AI produces IS better than what they can. The movie Wall-E comes to mind. Do better. Be better.
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regards, dave
Dave Skolnick KO4MI