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🚨Gavin Baker: Apple's ineptitude in AI is shocking, "it almost feels like they're trying to lose."

August 09, 2025 / 00:51

This episode discusses Apple's $700 billion stock buyback, its impact on AI competitiveness, and the perceived decline in product quality, particularly Siri.

The conversation highlights concerns about Apple's strategy, suggesting that the company should have invested more in data centers to enhance its AI capabilities. The hosts express disbelief at Apple's comfort with being late to market.

Criticism is directed at the quality of Apple's AI products, with specific mention of Siri's worsening performance. The hosts question Apple's execution and decision-making in the AI space.

Overall, the episode reflects frustration with Apple's approach to innovation and competition in the tech industry.

TLDR

Apple's $700 billion buyback raises questions about its AI strategy and product quality.

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Apple has bought back, let this sink in, $700 billion worth of shares over the past decade.

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Maybe they should have spent 200 billion less and spent that on data centers and

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been like a real competitor in AI. And I just continue to be baffled, you know, and I think they're very comfortable

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being late to markets. You know, the iPhone was not the first smartphone, but I'm just shocked at their inaction

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and in aptitude and AI, how bad the products are from a user perspective. I mean, they're they're terrible.

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They're getting worse. Siri's worse. Siri's worse. How is that possible? Incompetence is indistinguishable from

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malice, but I mean, it almost feels like they're trying to lose. Literally, if you said, "Here's a

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playbook on how to lose," they would have written it. So, it's astonishing to me their lack of execution on AI.

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Episode Highlights

Critique of Apple's AI Strategy
Criticism of Apple's approach to AI and their product performance.
“It's astonishing to me their lack of execution on AI.”
@ 00m 48s
August 09, 2025

Episode Quotes

I mean, they're terrible.
🚨Gavin Baker: Apple's ineptitude in AI is shocking, "it almost feels like they're trying to lose."
Siri's worse. How is that possible?
🚨Gavin Baker: Apple's ineptitude in AI is shocking, "it almost feels like they're trying to lose."

Key Moments

AI Inaction00:18
Siri's Decline00:34
Frustration00:48