You’re Better Than AI with Daniel Steinberg
Daniel Steinberg returns to chat about Apple's Foundation Models framework and what changed in OS 27. We get into using AI only where it's appropriate, experimenting with #Playground, falling back gracefully when the model isn't there, when Private Cloud Compute is worth the trip, sessions, instructions and @Generable, tools and dynamic profiles, testing with the new Evaluations framework, and why AI should learn to say "I don't know."
Guest
- Dim Sum Thinking
- The Editor's Cut - Books by Daniel Steinberg
- Top Tracks
- Daniel Steinberg on X (@dimsumthinking)
- Daniel Steinberg on Mastodon (@dimsumthinking@mastodon.social)
Related Links
- What's new in the Foundation Models framework (WWDC26)
- Build agentic app experiences (WWDC26)
- Build AI-powered scripts with the fm CLI and Python SDK (WWDC26)
- Meet the Evaluations framework (WWDC26)
- Build with the new Apple Foundation Model on Private Cloud Compute (WWDC26)
- Bring an LLM provider to the Foundation Models framework (WWDC26)
- Foundation Models - Apple Developer Documentation
- Image Playground - Apple Developer Documentation
- Ship the Fallback First - Jeroen Leenarts
- Do iOS 2026 - Intro to Foundation Models workshop
- Bushel - macOS Virtual Machine App for Developers
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Chapters
- (00:00) - Stage Three: Using AI Where Appropriate
- (05:19) - Experimenting with #Playground
- (07:36) - What's New in OS 27
- (13:33) - Fallbacks and Private Cloud Compute
- (21:12) - Sessions, Instructions, and @Generable
- (28:26) - Tools, Dynamic Profiles, and Streaming
- (37:12) - Images and Testing with Evaluations
- (43:21) - Platforms, Privacy, and the Cost of Tokens
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