Will the Smartphone Survive the AI Age?
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This article from The Economist questions the long-term viability of the smartphone as artificial intelligence continues to advance and potentially reshape how we interact with technology.
智慧型手機能否在AI時代倖存？
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這篇來自《經濟學人》的文章探討了隨著人工智慧的進步，智慧型手機在未來與科技互動方式的潛在轉變下，其長期生存能力是否會受到影響。
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Will the smartphone survive the AI age?
The Apple-Android duopoly is under attack from OpenAI, Meta and Amazon
WHEN LAURENE POWELL JOBS asked Sam Altman and Sir Jony Ive about the artificial-intelligence “thing” they were working on during a recent interview, both men were coy. But Mr Altman, OpenAI’s boss, did suggest that using the new device would feel different to the all-consuming iPhone created by Sir Jony and Ms Jobs’s late husband. He likened the experience of using smartphones to walking through Times Square in New York, with its flashing lights and loud noises. Mr Altman and Sir Jony are not the only ones working on an alternative. The race to unseat the smartphone is on.
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