The Disappearing Computer — and a World Where You Can Take AI Everywhere | Imran Chaudhri | TED
Introduction
In this section, the speaker introduces himself and his experience at Apple.
- The speaker spent 22 years at Apple designing experiences and devices such as the Mac, iPhone, and Apple Watch.
Evolution of Devices
In this section, the speaker discusses how devices have evolved over time.
- Desktop computers paved the way for interconnectedness but were stuck to your desk.
- Laptops provided portability but still required sitting down to use them.
- Smartphones evolved us into modern connected humans with access to the internet from our pockets.
- Smartwatches acted as a companion device with health insights on your wrist.
What Comes Next?
In this section, the speaker talks about what comes next after smartphones and smartwatches.
- Some believe AR/VR glasses are the answer, but they only move screens closer to our eyes.
- The future is not on our face; technology will become invisible.
- AI will be the driving force behind the next leap in device design.
Harnessing AI
In this section, the speaker discusses how AI can unlock a world of possibility for all of us.
- There are huge advancements happening in AI space.
- If we get it right, AI will genuinely make our lives better.
- The speaker's company has been working on a new kind of wearable device built entirely from ground up for artificial intelligence that is completely standalone and privacy-first.
Screenless Computing
In this section, the speaker talks about their new wearable device that allows you to access power of compute while remaining present in your surroundings.
- The experience is screenless, seamless and sensing
- It interacts with world the way you interact with the world, hearing what you hear and seeing what you see.
- It is privacy-first, safe and completely fades into the background of your life.
The Future of Technology: Invisible Computing
In this section, the speaker talks about how technology is becoming invisible and how it can change the way we interact with computers.
Technology Becoming Invisible
- Technology becoming invisible affords us new opportunities of how we interact with compute.
- This invisibility is by design.
- The speaker used to test interactions like slide-to-unlock with his infant daughter when he was working on the iPhone.
A Future Driven by AI
- A future driven by AI is far better than a future that would involve more screens.
- The speaker shows an image of a cute dog and mentions that for the human-technology relationship to actually evolve beyond screens, we need something radically different.
- We need to reimagine and redesign new types of compute interactions in service of trying to find more natural ways to interact with compute.
Natural Ways to Interact with Compute
- Invisible devices should feel so natural to use that you almost forget about their existence.
- The speaker demonstrates his own AI speech model that allows him to speak fluent French in his own emotion and voice.
- Fumbling for your phone will be replaced by holding an object and asking questions about it.
- When compute disappears, it allows us to get back to what really matters: a new ability to be present.
Ambient and Contextual Technology
- In the future, technology will be both ambient and contextual.
- Harnessing AI will allow technology to understand you and your surroundings in order to achieve the best results.
Conclusion
- The speaker believes that using technology to create real, responsible compute products that are in service to us and built on trust is good AI in action.
- This is moving away from the experiments that make us all concerned about the direction compute is going in.
AI and the Future of Technology
In this section, the speaker talks about how AI can help guide decision making, manage workload, and sculpt tailored responses in your own voice. The more you use AI-powered devices, the more they can help you in all times of need.
Personalized Memory
- Your AI effectively becomes an ever-evolving, personalized form of memory.
- Your AI figures out what you need at the speed of thought.
- More humane, intuitive interactions that are screenless, seamless and sensing.
Reimagining Human-Technology Relationship
- This is so much more than devices just getting smaller or more powerful.
- This is the possibility of reimagining the human-technology relationship as we know it.
- It's within reach. And you saw some of it today.
- The future will not be held in your hand, and it won't be on your face either.
- The future of technology might almost be invisible.
Advancements in AI
- And we gain this context through machine learning.
- We really believe that we're only beginning to scratch the surface of what's possible.
Embed advancements of AI like in our device that's actually built to disappear and allow experiences to come forward
and we open up entirely new possible ways of how you interact with technology and how you interact with the world around you.
Possibilities with AI
- As AI advances, we will see how it will transform nearly every aspect of our lives.
In ways that will seem unimaginable right now.
- And I'll add, so long as we get it right.
- The possibility of reimagining the human-technology relationship as we know it.
- It's a huge challenge, no doubt. But it's the world that we want to live in.
Personalization with AI
- Your AI knows what's best for you. But I'm in total control.
- Your AI figures out exactly what you need. And by the way, I love that there's no judgment.
I think it's amazing to be able to live freely.
Conclusion
- We really believe that we're only beginning to scratch the surface of what's possible.
Embed advancements of AI like in our device that's actually built to disappear and allow experiences to come forward
and we open up entirely new possible ways of how you interact with technology and how you interact with the world around you.
- This is the possibility of reimagining the human-technology relationship as we know it.
And that's what's so exciting.