How can I disable Apple Intelligence on my iPhone?

Mac Jim ID wrote:

For those who want to move to a different phone because of the limited AI features introduced in iOS 18, may I suggest the AT&T model.

Does AT&T still even make landline phones?

It plugs into the phone jack of your home

In 2019, I bought a house that had been renovated in 2018. It has no landline jacks. ;-)

You do seem to be making the assumption that they didn't rip out all the wiring when they did the renovation. It wouldn't surprise me at all. They made some very weird choices. There was a plumbing hookup for the laundry but no electrical or gas connections. They removed the pipe that went to the outside spigot on the front of the house (but left the back one). And don't get me started on the di- and tri-pole switch configurations.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

You do seem to be making the assumption that they didn't rip out all the wiring when they did the renovation. It wouldn't surprise me at all. They made some very weird choices. There was a plumbing hookup for the laundry but no electrical or gas connections. They removed the pipe that went to the outside spigot on the front of the house (but left the back one). And don't get me started on the di- and tri-pole switch configurations.

I’ve been running wires in existing structures for years.

This using meter-long drill bits, extensible poles, snakes, and am testing a magnetic contraption on the next project.

Hole saws work in gypsum wallboard, if needed. Drill out a plug in the wallboard, route the wiring. Replace the plug, fiberglass mesh and spackle, and paint it.

Using chair rail or wainscoting or baseboard can work too, depending in the decor.

Past a decade or two, every house has its idiosyncrasies. Some more than others. And weird choices. I’ve certainly seen enough plumbing-related weirdness.

But yes, I do much prefer running the wires before the interior finish is installed.

Random comments: running extra wire now is cheaper than not running enough wire later. And preferably run plenum grade cabling and not PVC, if there is a chance of critters around. Critters prefer to munch vinyl.

MrHoffman wrote:

Past a decade or two, every house has its idiosyncrasies. Some more than others. And weird choices. I’ve certainly seen enough plumbing-related weirdness.

My house, if the records are correct, will be 100 next year. It's on a block where all the houses were originally identical. It's very interesting to see how they have evolved in different ways over the years.

Nobody is forcing anything on you. AI is off by default. You have to turn it on if you want it.

Just turn it off the same way you turned it on to begin with if you don’t want it. This is not rocket science.

Ra1477 wrote:

Remove ai from my phone

No can do.

Machine Learning and Apple Intelligence are integrated, and cannot be removed.

Machine Learning features don’t have separate controls, but the Apple Intelligence feature defaults to disabled.

For more info on this, please see the previous nine pages of this thread.

lkrupp wrote:

Ra1477 wrote:

Remove ai from my phone

Yet another bot. Notice the pattern now?

Yes. Between the bots and the people who simply won't read, this thread is now useless and not worth responding to. Unnecessary frustration, in my opinion. I am turning off notices and stepping away.

Yeah, my current Apple products will be my last. The more any company pushes AI the more of a Luddite I become. Already ditched my AWU, selling my MBP, and once I find a suitable dumb cellphone, goodbye iPhone.

I’m aware. I was replying to a comment that was made “that if you have a phone running iOS 17, you likely don’t have a device compatible with Apple ai. My particular phone is compatible, but for the fact it is running iOS 17.

I wish there was a way to default all apps with AI (Apple Intelligence) OFF when I turn on AI on my iPhone. I only want a couple of apps to use AI (e.g., Pages), but I have to go through a gazillion apps one by one(!) to turn AI OFF. Ahhhhhh

In iOS, I'm sure there are many features or settings you don't need or use. When and if Apple includes better AI in the next release, you cannot pick and choose what parts of iOS you want to be downloaded to your phone. You get whatever Apple decides we all get. Whether you use those features is up to you, however.

This is the straw that broke the camels back. Only hard thing is finding an alternative is nearly impossible since every phone producer is adding AI features..

Might be time to return to the flip phone.

When I bought this phone, I was taught I must receive updates to keep the phone functioning properly.

I had a flip phone when I was told it would no longer function because the company would stop all contact with my phone… some kind of tech advancement would require an up graded phone to be operational.

I don’t want this AI function on my phone. I also don’t want to loose anything I had already.

I request the opportunity to have the AI program, (all the parts associated that were added for the AI to operate) removed.

Thank you for your help with this.

Same here. I don’t want AI embedded in my phone. It’s huge privacy issue also it’s highly unethical and harmful technology. Turned my system updates off and no longer upgrading my Apple devices even though I planned for new iPhone this year.

Yurr2020 wrote:

Same here. I don’t want AI embedded in my phone. It’s huge privacy issue also it’s highly unethical and harmful technology. Turned my system updates off and no longer upgrading my Apple devices even though I planned for new iPhone this year.

That ship sailed.

AI already exists on and is in widespread use on current Apple iPhone, and in many other places.

Is there hype around AI? Yes. Immense hype.

Is there grift and fraud and misuse and inappropriate usage? Sure.

Are there privacy concerns here? Yes. Apple has indicated what they plan to do about that. Other AI vendors, not so much.

Is AI useful? In various places, yes, absolutely. It’s already useful. In other places, AI is flaming garbage. AI-generated websites are word spewage. AI-based chat is often able to answer common questions , unfortunately it is also able to completely fail at the same task.

Can you get a phone without using AI? Any phone? Um, maybe. Wouldn’t surprise me to find AI embedded in even feature phones in the baseband.

What to do? Maybe focus on privacy regulations with your representatives? AI-related litigation is already underway, and there will be more. Regulations here can either be headed toward betterment, or toward worseitude.

TL;DR: we’re already soaking in AI.