Apple's iPhone Design Chief Enlisted by Jony Ive, Sam Altman To Work on AI Devices

Legendary designer Jony Ive and OpenAI's Sam Altman are enlisting an Apple veteran to work on a new AI hardware project, aiming to create devices with the latest capabilities. From a report: As part of the effort, outgoing Apple executive Tang Tan will join Ive's design firm LoveFrom, which will shape the look and capabilities of the new products, according to people familiar with the matter. Altman, an executive who has become the face of modern AI, plans to provide the software underpinnings, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the endeavor isn't public.

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[Generic User Account]

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Does Braun have something of that sort?

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[olsmeister]

https://archive.is/se4MM [archive.is]

Ive's designs...

[bjoast]

Am I the only one who considers Ive's product designs as extremely overrated? Bland. Not interesting. Not good looking. Too much form over function.

Re: Ive's designs...

[SneedFeedAndSeed]

Yep and that's what normies crave so that's the drill

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[boulat]

Just like Sam Altman, so its a perfect fit

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[dbialac]

Yeah, definitely. They were never thin enough and they seemed to be lacking in cameras.

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[mjwx]

Am I the only one who considers Ive's product designs as extremely overrated? Bland. Not interesting. Not good looking. Too much form over function.

Nope, his and Jobs' "My way or the highway" approach to design has seen some really bad developments in HMI/HCI. That's why they invented UX, to explain why their design decisions didn't make functional sense with pseudoscience.

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[zerosomething]

No you are not the only one. Rectangles with round corners and throw in a very sharp edge someplace. That's about it.

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[nevermindme]

If one can ride a design mantra for 20 years and still get the fanboys wet....the design is good enough. That it is super cheap to make with better tactile feelings was missed on a lot of peoples mental consideration of why they liked the product. Apple prototyped everything in the same style a underwear manufacture does.... work out the scratchy parts before tooling out for 100M.

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[Bahbus]

It's weird that he's described as legendary when he has never designed anything that revolutionary. He hasn't really designed anything actually useful and better than whatever is already available. Prettier versions, maybe, but nothing legendary.

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[phantomfive]

Given his competitors were making stuff like this [etsystatic.com], or like this [data], he was really good compared to the competition.

His stuff was not bland, though. He's had some of the weirdest looking computer cases in history.

What is an "AI device", anyway?

[chthon]

The next buzzword?

Re: What is an "AI device", anyway?

[SneedFeedAndSeed]

Pocket spyware on steroids I guess

Ultra thin AI

[Going_Digital]

Looking forward to the new ultra-thin and unusable AI device from Ive.