Originally Posted by dcuny
Originally Posted by Bass Thumper
And when AI becomes included in these instruments the capabilities will surely skyrocket.
Why would you think that? 😕

Most AI is cloud based because there are zillions of elements that are processed.

I don't see how any of that would impact these keyboards.
Once again, I’ll give you more examples; this time where AI is running locally on products shipping today.

Google has local AI vision and inference engines running on security cameras.
Apple Intelligence is doing similar on iPhone, iPad and Watch.
Sony has a local real-time AI running on a subject tracking camera.
Tesla is shipping on-vehicle AI compute software/FSD that is integrated with their Autopilot system.
Therefore, designing self-contained AI engines into arranger keyboards is quite possible and will be available commercially soon if not now.

I think you are cross-confusing huge general-purpose LLMs that are running on giant server farms (which is one specific implementation only) with other AI implementations, some of which are highly specific and have much smaller footprints. See above for examples. I have personally written AI/ANN algorithms that will easily fit on a small thumb drive.

Why would I think this? Quite simply for reasons of market share if you are a developer and for enhanced capability if you are a consumer.

AI and arranger (or other) keyboards are most definitely NOT mutually exclusive.
To be sure, there are some awfully smart people working awfully hard on this AI application.

I’ve said that AI will impact every domain from agriculture to zoology and everything in between and day-by-day I see this happening. If you research this subject you will find the same.

I have observed that there are 4 types of companies or individuals regarding technology adoption.
Type A: Those that actively develop and deploy cutting-edge technology: Sam Altman, OpenAI and others
Type B: Those that early-adopt new technology into their workflows and processes as needed
Type C: Those that are caught surprised (or deny) when new technology appears and then scramble to catch up if they are able
Type D: Those that refuse to adopt/use a given technology altogether: the Amish are an example

PS> Yamaha, a Type A company, clearly disagrees with you regarding the two being mutually exclusive. View this website on their YOO project.
Project YOO

https://soundcloud.com/user-646279677
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