Some of the biggest players in AI — in particular OpenAI, SpaceX, and Amazon — are heavily invested in creating a world after smartphones. They're also all rumored to be building devices that sound a lot like smartphones. Verge contributor David Imel helps us figure out what these companies might actually be building, what an AI smartphone looks like, and whether anyone can unseat Apple and Google.
0:00 AI Devices Not Phones
00:52 90 Seconds On The Verge
02:34 Meet David Imel
03:59 Intent Based Computing
06:46 Android Device Reality
07:59 AI On Top Of Apps
08:25 Siri Agent Demo
10:15 Trust And Control
16:58 Duopoly Problem
19:19 Voice Dictation Future
20:24 Amazon Fire Phone Redux
20:48 Amazon Phone Vision
21:29 Prime Video Shopping Ads
22:28 Compute Brick Theory
23:56 Accessories Over Devices
25:42 Escaping the Apple Tax
27:35 Ecosystem Roadblocks
28:54 Ranking AI Phone Winners
31:46 Branding and PR Reality
34:51 Interface Ideas Wanted
35:19 Show Wrap and Subscribe
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