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OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

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Re: OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

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Post by wongarsu »

r0fl wrote: post #32
wongarsu wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The description makes me think that it's targeted at the "screenless" trend. Especially among young people there is a trend to cut down on smartphone usage. This device would fit right in with that: no screen, status display with LEDs and oldschool moving parts (presumably engineered to be cute or endearing). Something to carry around when you don't want to be distracted by the temptations on your phone screen The ir…

That trend is a pipedream! In the US roughly half of teens said they were online “almost constantly" Just look around kids 8-20 are basically: Fortnite + Roblox + TikTok + YouTube + Netflix + phone all day

People don't have to actually follow through with the trend to buy the product, only think they want to. Same as selling fitness products to people who end up doing very little fitness

Re: OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

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Post by archeantus »

This feels like the obvious future. Everybody doom scrolls on their phones too much, but we can’t get rid of them because of the convenience of the productive things we can do when we need to.

So if there was a way to enable the productivity (or even multiply it, let’s be real) without the doomscrolling, a lot of people would go for that.

Not to mention the endless fiddling we’ve had to resort to with phones. We’ve gotten used to it, but apps for everything is such a cognitive burden on people. A screen-less AI assistant is the perfect solution for this. I can’t wait.

Re: OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

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Post by steveBK123 »

A device thats worse than the phone you already have, which is dead the second you stop paying your monthly OpenAI sub, and is useless if you decide you prefer other LLM provider. Where do we sign up?

Voice is almost always the worst, most frustrating interface.

Re: OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

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Post by recursive »

archeantus wrote: post #43

This feels like the obvious future. Everybody doom scrolls on their phones too much, but we can’t get rid of them because of the convenience of the productive things we can do when we need to. So if there was a way to enable the productivity (or even multiply it, let’s be real) without the doomscrolling, a lot of people would go for that. Not to mention the endless fiddling we’ve had to resort to with phones. We’ve g…

People like doomscrolling. They could uninstall their doomscroll apps, but they won't. This puck wouldn't stop most from doomscrolling either. Probably a few, but it's already possible for a few people to stop doomscrolling.

Re: OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

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Post by bogzz »

archeantus wrote: post #43

This feels like the obvious future. Everybody doom scrolls on their phones too much, but we can’t get rid of them because of the convenience of the productive things we can do when we need to. So if there was a way to enable the productivity (or even multiply it, let’s be real) without the doomscrolling, a lot of people would go for that. Not to mention the endless fiddling we’ve had to resort to with phones. We’ve g…

I keep seeing this argument, but there is nothing preventing anyone from purchasing a "dumb" phone. How would you envision multiplying your productivity in the day-to-day with a voice interface?

Re: OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

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Post by wongarsu »

blinding-streak wrote: post #33

This thing is dead on arrival. The space is already crowded and no one needs another device listening in your house. Already plenty to choose from.

Counterpoint: the number of product lines in the space shows high customer demand, but the existing products are all pretty bad. If OpenAI can deliver a better product with a business model that works that's a huge market opportunity

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Post by w10-1 »

Assuming instead of being another phone or voice assistant: It might make sense as a local AI server/proxy expanding to home assistant/TV. If they could claim to need to have device id's to avoid their models being scraped, they could force users to use their device proxy and avoid middlemen (likely by making it cheaper than direct access), and likely save a lot of server time by doing some processing locally on client's dime. Then they could start to play the device-id game with 2-factor authentication, etc. and their stock would track their install base like Comcast STB's.
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