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Chaudhri: Multimodal AI eliminates the need for full computing screens
“Smartphones are great. They're really, really great at what they can do now, but they're very limited in terms of how much more they can do. And if you think about if they're able to leverage some of these multimodal inputs that use text and voice and sound an…”
Chaudhri: Working on iPhone X at Apple felt like 'Groundhog Day'
“Around that time, we were working on iPhone X, which in and of itself is kind of like a bit of like a Groundhog Day thing.”
Chaudhri: Multi-touch was the fundamental unlock for direct digital manipulation
“You know, I think that was the fundamental unlock for making the transition from remote interactions from a keyboard and mouse to really allowing people to do what we call direct manipulation, and that's literally just being able to touch the screen and have a…”
Chaudhri: Siloed stealth teams enable 1.0 products but create integration friction
“You know, there's some advantages. You get a, an amazing amount of focus, which is good, and I think the projects that, that I worked on were all essentially one point O's that, that turned into something else, and that really siloed, protected space allows fo…”
Chaudhri: Photo screen previews disrupt multi-sensory memory formation
“Even the act of taking a photograph with a large preview takes you out of the multi-sensory biology that allows you to form a memory, and that's because your concentration is more on trying to get the image than it is on actually experiencing the thing you're …”
Chaudhri: He championed and added the Do Not Disturb feature at Apple
“Even at Apple, I was the champion for Do Not Disturb, and it was something that, you know, I added in because I had coexistence experiences like the one you described.”
Chaudhri: Humane AI Pin uses both OpenAI and proprietary AI models
“Our architecture allows for multiple models. Things are made by companies like OpenAI. We have a good relationship with the team there and smaller models of things that are proprietary to us, and these will change and evolve over time, and we are able to Add t…”