The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

>> Says there is no wake word, so it's not always listening, but responds to your voice... aka it's always listening then no?

You press it to activate it. That’s when it starts listening. It’s not always on.

When I first heard about the company I knew immediately it would be a Star Trek badge type device.

> Google learned a similar lesson in 2018 after it launched Google Clips, a body-worn camera that used algorithms to automatically snap photos. Female users tended to end up with an abundance of cloud shots when they intended to record what was in front of them, because the device was not designed to account for bodies with breasts

This feels like it could have been a classic Silicon Valley scene but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that it was designed at Google's secret Castro office.

> Tapping the Pin and then moving a palm into its field of view activates its laser, which projects images and text onto a user’s hand at a wavelength that produces a blueish-green tinge, a 720p-resolution system Humane calls a Laser Ink Display. Tilting the hand navigates between displayed options and a swatting gesture swipes to a different menu. Users “click” on an option by tapping their thumb and index finger together and close their hand briefly to return to a home screen.

Okay, that's freaking cool. Anyone here willing to take the $700 plunge to test this? I want to know if it's as ridiculous as it sounds.

Am I the only one that hates interacting with things by voice? And also when other people do it?

Their demo of AI Q&A in the announcement video (@3:36) is totally wrong. The Pin says the April 2024 total eclipse will be best viewed from Australia and East-Timor... Except the eclipse passes over the US and will be nowhere near Australia. The answer seems to be about a partial eclipse in April 2023. How was that not fact checked???

It would be difficult for them to be more poorly positioned in the market. They don't own their network, are leaning on powerful incumbent players for the base of their tech stack, and are entering a market where any one of a number of existing global brands are poised to crush them the second the concept shows the first sign of gaining traction in the market. Not sure if this is a naked attempt to grift early adopters, dumb money, or an acquisition play. Hamhanded in any case.