wizardi3 wrote:
I do not want AI on my phone can I opt out
No.
I understand it is part of an upcoming update.
It is already there. Maybe not in the traditional sense – of computers doing human-level, symbolic reasoning (like researchers originally thought was the goal), but you see it in things like
- Siri's voice recognition
- The Photo app grouping together related photos, and music, on its own, to create Moments
- Map apps learning where you go frequently, and suggesting destinations for you in widget displays
- Optimized charging, where the phone learns your use patterns so as to delay charging until the last moment
Quite aside from whatever iOS and the iPhone are doing, a lot of companies like Google and social media outfits are mining whatever data they can collect about you. If you wonder why it seems like every store in the world requires a "loyalty card" to get discounts, and is trying to push you to use their app, it's because they also want to collect, and crunch, data about you.
Banks use AI, too – if you have a credit card from a major issuer, they probably have "AI" programs running on their computers that look for unusual patterns of activity and suspend cards accordingly.