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awakeasleep 27 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and...

One aspect you're missing is that people running a claw type agent thing need to run it on a Mac to automate software in the Apple ecosystem.

Neo-Siri in iOS 27 removes the need for a lot of this, but before then, if you want to ask a robot about information that is stored in Apple notes, or to send an iMessage, a Mac mini is your only practical option.

HaloZero 27 days ago [–]

What does the new Siri do that circumvents the need for a mac? To access Siri you still need one no?

awakeasleep 27 days ago | [–]

the new Siri does the apple-ecosystem tasks you would have needed a claw type agent for natively

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