On one hand, I'm hesitant to underrate another person's effort, knowing that months of effort went into this. on the other, I don't see this gadget producing the level of synchrony needed to maintain real-time convos.
Friend.com – The Virtual Friend
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#12I can't fathom how much that domain must have cost
$1.8 Million, according to the founder.
https://nitter.poast.org/AviSchiffmann/status/18182898106471...
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#13When I saw the video I thought it was a parody. I'm still not sure if this is joke or not. It seems like a lot of effort for something like this and a strange use of the domain name. The T&C's look official enough. I did find this news piece "Avi Schiffmann’s Tab AI necklace has raised $1.9 million to replace God" https://www.fastcompany.com/91007630/avi-schiffmanns-tab-ai-...
Looks like they dropped the always-listening part and this iteration is push to talk.
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#14> What happens when I break the device?
> Your friend and their memories are attached to the physical device. If you lose or damage your friend there is no recovery plan.
Surely this is some kind of performance art.
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#15That's a spendy domain for performance art. At least, I hope it's performance art.
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#16I'm excited to see how this ends up like the rabbit r1, completely crashing and burning. This is going to be a trainwreck, there is no chance that the on-board AI works well and even if it did exactly zero people want this....
How out of touch do you have to be to think this is a product anyone would ever want near them? This is such a horrible idea I don't even have the correct words to describe it.
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#17When I saw the video I thought it was a parody. I'm still not sure if this is joke or not. It seems like a lot of effort for something like this and a strange use of the domain name. The T&C's look official enough. I did find this news piece "Avi Schiffmann’s Tab AI necklace has raised $1.9 million to replace God" https://www.fastcompany.com/91007630/avi-schiffmanns-tab-ai-...
Wait, so they raised $1,900,000 and spent $1,800,000 on the domain? https://x.com/AviSchiffmann/status/1818289810647191685
Maybe interest rates could still go higher
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#18> What happens when I break the device? > Your friend and their memories are attached to the physical device. If you lose or damage your friend there is no recovery plan. Surely this is some kind of performance art.
If it runs out of battery power, does it die?
"My Friend is brain dead..."
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#19Interesting how much this undersells the product. I really thought I wanted it when I saw Avi's tweets about using his prototypes, where (for instance) it was coaching him on delivery and tone during a meeting. This proposition—just as a virtual friend—feels extremely on the nose in this era of tech, like we're just inviting "Her" to happen.
I'm still keeping my preorder, but I'm a bit more cautious.
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#20When I saw the video I thought it was a parody. I'm still not sure if this is joke or not. It seems like a lot of effort for something like this and a strange use of the domain name. The T&C's look official enough. I did find this news piece "Avi Schiffmann’s Tab AI necklace has raised $1.9 million to replace God" https://www.fastcompany.com/91007630/avi-schiffmanns-tab-ai-...
Wait, so they raised $1,900,000 and spent $1,800,000 on the domain? https://x.com/AviSchiffmann/status/1818289810647191685 Maybe interest rates could still go higher
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