Keeping Apple Intelligence Disabled

Apple is turning it back on after updates. I've have to go back and turn it off after every update. It stays off for me but I have to keep going back to settings and turning it off after every update. Really annoying.

Jerry Freilich wrote:

This thread is VERY DISCONCERTING!!! You can try this for yourself -- but on my MacBook M1 Pro running Sequoia 15.3.1 -- Apple Intelligence KEEPS TURNING ON repeatedly. NOT when an update is installed. And NOT when the Mac is rebooted -- but REPEATEDLY during a session using the computer -- within just a few minutes. I go into System Settings, TURN OFF Apple Intelligence, go about normal computer use -- and then return a few minutes later and it's turned ON again. I DO NOT LIKE THIS!!! I don't want it!!! It's INVASIVE, rudely implemented, and potentially harmful. Apple WAKE UP -- this is no way to run an airline. I have been a Mac user and Mac guru since the 128 K original Mac in 1984. This is wrong.

Tell Apple. You haven't done so by posting here. This is a user to user only forum, which Apple doesn't participate, nor read for user feedback. You can use this link --> Feedback - macOS - Apple

If you found Apple Intelligence enabled with iOS 18.3, once you turn it off, it will remain off. To test, make sure it's off, then install the latest iOS 18.3.1 update and you'll see it remained off. This was a one time turn on.

cscotz wrote:

No, it turned on again with the 18.3.1 update I did this morning. After I had already turned it off after doing the 18.3 update when that came out.

Then I'd recommend you contact Apple Support. It was my understanding that after the iOS 18.3 update, if you turned it off, it would stay off. I can't validate that, as I actually use and enjoy Apple Intelligence.

cscotz wrote:

Well the response from Apple Support is that there is no way to disable Apple Intelligence permanently and they can’t guarantee future updates won’t continue turning it on. Oh well, at least we all know now.

Yep, now you know. Maybe give the features a try. You might not dislike it. Artificial Intelligence has been part of our lives for a long time now. Siri, is AI. Amazon Alexa, is AI. Our phones have used machine learning for the last few years. If you really want to avoid AI, you'll need to go back to a dumb flip phone, or no phone at all. All manufacturers are embracing AI. At least the way Apple is doing it is relying on "on-device" processing as opposed to how others are doing it, by forcing you to use external servers.

cscotz wrote:

Cool, thanks for the suggestions. I have tried out AI, digital assistants, LLMs, etc over the years and have yet to find anything useful, novel, or intelligent about any of it.  Maybe one day it will interest me, or maybe one day I will go back to using a flip phone like you suggested. 

All I’m asking is to be able to configure basic settings and use the phone that I bought in a way that I choose, not in a way that Apple chooses for me. This does not seem like too much to ask for. 

The thing is Apple owns iOS, not us. And Apple Intelligence for capable phones is now a built in feature. We can't pick and choose what Apple installs on our phones. We don't really have to use what we don't want to use, but we can't remove what is built into iOS.

This thread is VERY DISCONCERTING!!! You can try this for yourself -- but on my MacBook M1 Pro running Sequoia 15.3.1 -- Apple Intelligence KEEPS TURNING ON repeatedly. NOT when an update is installed. And NOT when the Mac is rebooted -- but REPEATEDLY during a session using the computer -- within just a few minutes. I go into System Settings, TURN OFF Apple Intelligence, go about normal computer use -- and then return a few minutes later and it's turned ON again. I DO NOT LIKE THIS!!! I don't want it!!! It's INVASIVE, rudely implemented, and potentially harmful. Apple WAKE UP -- this is no way to run an airline. I have been a Mac user and Mac guru since the 128 K original Mac in 1984. This is wrong.

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