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Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by benguild » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 1:59 PM UTC

These guys are probably not going to get a second try at this either with these types of headlines, and Sam Altman investing in or creating another device :(

Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by vouaobrasil » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 1:59 PM UTC

braymundo wrote: post #38

vouaobrasil wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course not, because it's an addiction. Drug users say the same.

Or maybe because it's an incredibly useful device that provides an interface to almost everything in modern life.

It's only useful because communites and local resources have first been destroyed by technology. After that, technology produces things to make us dependent on it. Modern life is a disaster as all of it is based on destroying the biosphere with unsustainable technological growth.

Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by basisword » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:00 PM UTC

dbbk wrote: post #25

basisword wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a lot of money to spend on such a simple use case.

"Talking to people" is hardly an insignificant use case

When you can do the same on a computer you likely already own, or on a $50 dumbphone it's an expensive solution to a simple problem.

Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by petesergeant » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:01 PM UTC

> “AI Pin and its AI OS, Cosmos, are about beginning the story of ambient computing,” Humane’s co-founders, Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, told me in a statement after I described some of the issues I’ve had with the AI Pin. “Today marks not the first chapter, but the first page

That statement is several red flags.

Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by dbbk » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:02 PM UTC

vouaobrasil wrote: post #33

dbbk wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean you could still achieve the same thing with an iPhone that's just always kept in Do Not Disturb...

Nope. Not at all. The phone is an invasive technology that creeps new features even if its on Do Not Disturb. It has a default set of icons of "Apps" that I don't want to see. I don't want to see a "Podcast" icon or a "Messaging" icon. Nor do I want to go through the trouble of turning it off. New updates may add new distractions that I don't want to see, and in some places, there are "Emergency Alerts" that make an…

Well you are perfectly free to live your tinfoil hat life without buying one, I guess.

Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by daft_pink » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:05 PM UTC

Pretty sure a cellular apple watch is a better choice if you want to leave your phone behind and not get sucked into distracting apps. Cheaper and no $24 monthly fee.

Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by braymundo » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:07 PM UTC

vouaobrasil wrote: post #42

braymundo wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or maybe because it's an incredibly useful device that provides an interface to almost everything in modern life.

It's only useful because communites and local resources have first been destroyed by technology. After that, technology produces things to make us dependent on it. Modern life is a disaster as all of it is based on destroying the biosphere with unsustainable technological growth.

And here you are on Hacker News.

Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by sdenton4 » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:13 PM UTC

wepple wrote: post #3

I suspect anyone who works in tech is completely unsurprised. Sure, the tech exists to make this thing possible, but it requires an Apple-sized company to execute on it, and even then it’s utility would be doubtful There’s been a lot of pulling back on smart speakers because they’re not quite where they need to be - and this promised far far more than a smart speaker from a tiny new company. The question is: did they…

I think they just want to advertise all the patents they filed and get bought.

Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by vouaobrasil » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:14 PM UTC

braymundo wrote: post #47

vouaobrasil wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's only useful because communites and local resources have first been destroyed by technology. After that, technology produces things to make us dependent on it. Modern life is a disaster as all of it is based on destroying the biosphere with unsustainable technological growth.

And here you are on Hacker News.

Of course. I come here to express my view about technology, and refine my arguments against it. What better place than the lion's den?

Re: Humane AI Pin review: not even close

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Post by skywhopper » Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:20 PM UTC

wepple wrote: post #3

I suspect anyone who works in tech is completely unsurprised. Sure, the tech exists to make this thing possible, but it requires an Apple-sized company to execute on it, and even then it’s utility would be doubtful There’s been a lot of pulling back on smart speakers because they’re not quite where they need to be - and this promised far far more than a smart speaker from a tiny new company. The question is: did they…

They want to get enough attention to get acquired. Meanwhile I’m sure they believe their own hype to some extent, but it’s very easy to delude yourself when billions of dollars are on the line.