Why handing Apple to a hardware engineer is the right bet for the AI decade
BenBajarin · x · 2026-09-01
Carolina Milanesi argues that handing Apple to a hardware engineer at the start of the AI decade is not backwards, but the more defensible bet. AI reaches customers through hardware like phones, watches, and headphones, relying on silicon that can run models without draining battery. The scarce skill is integrating these choices and delivering the physical device, a capability built over 25 years that few others can copy.
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