Apple's AI Strategy Revealed as Hardware Bet — Board Appointment Signals Infrastructure Over Software Play

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A r/artificial post (269↑, 146 comments) analyzing Apple's recent board-level appointment argues Apple is betting its AI future on hardware dominance rather than software or models. The high comment-to-score ratio (0.54) indicates deep debate. The thesis: Apple believes the future of AI lies in custom silicon and on-device inference, not in competing on foundation models — a contrarian bet when every other major player is racing on model capabilities.