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The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

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Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

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Post by abeyer »

newaccount74 wrote: post #89
hbosch wrote: post #64

I just don't get this, or any other "VUI"/voice-centric platform for that matter. The killer feature of the smartphone or watch isn't that it's the most convenient (which it is), it's that whatever you want to do on it is at least somewhat private. I don't want the guy next to me on the train to know I'm messaging Andrew, and he doesn't want to hear me message Andrew either. Asking me to speak out loud these commands…

I wonder where this dislike of talking to computers in public is coming from? People often discuss private topics on a train, and don't care that others might be listening. People talk loudly on the phone when in public. Some even talk on speaker phone. But noone ever talks to Siri or Google or Alexa in public. Why is that?

Do some people do those things in public? Sure.

Does everyone else look askance at them and think they're being rude by doing so? Also yes.

Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

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Post by notfed »

paxys wrote: post #47

It's funny that the company was founded 6+ years ago and this product has been in development at least since that time, but all of a sudden it's all about AI? We really going to pretend all these features weren't shoveled in in the last 3 months by buying a ChatGPT API token? Recognizing the food you are holding and coming up with a calorie count was the only part of the demo I found genuinely cool, but I also know t…

> Recognizing the food you are holding and coming up with a calorie count was the only part of the demo I found genuinely cool

That's a software problem, though. A company who solves that and does it well will be a killer app and doesn't need gimmicky hardware.

Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

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Post by jdmoreira »

Apple will simply own this market as well, if it even becomes a market at all. They are by far the best positioned company and everyone already is locked in to the hardware.

As soon as Siri becomes good by leveraging llm, Apple is bound to dominate here. You don't even need another device to get half of what this does. Next gen airpods/ apple watches provide similar use cases.

Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

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Post by abeyer »

lachyg wrote: post #61
busssard wrote: post #56

Yay privacy out of the window... AI wants to see and hear everything with access the Internet. Otherwise its hell of an interesting concept! Reminds me of the Robot Assistant in "flubber"

(i'm an investor in the company.) this is probably the most privacy-forward hardware device on the market—you have to physically be making contact with the device for it to begin listening (at which point an LED is prominently visible) and it will stop listening as soon as you break contact.

Even if that's true, if it sees any success it will both normalize that type of device in public, and very shortly see aliexpress flooded with a bunch of cheap clones from companies with no such beliefs.

Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

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Post by jantissler »

newaccount74 wrote: post #94
kevinsundar wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could make a smartwatch with a camera facing up from the screen. The user could bring their palm to their chest (so watchface faces out) to activate it. Then the camera can see forward and the microphone is close to the user. And then you could do video calls on the same device too.

That sounds awkward? Anyway, it's cold season now in Europe, and it's interesting how much less useful my Apple watch is when it's almost always covered with a sleeve. Something that goes on top of your clothes makes sense.

But how practical is it really? Let's say it's winter, you have your AI Pin on your winter jacket. Then you get inside and take off your jacket naturally. Then you take off your AI Pin and somehow put both parts of it into and onto your sweater? This sounds very cumbersome. A smartwatch just stays on your wrist. You can even take a shower or go swimming with it if you want to. And a smartphone has a screen you can use in many situations – sitting, standing, lying, with the phone on your hand, lying on a table, attached to a stand. All of this is not possible with the AI Pin. It is meant to be attached to your clothing or you can't use its projector. How do you read your emails? How do you read a book? How do you frame a shot? How do you scroll through TikTok? These are all things people do with devices that cost way less than $700 today. And many, many people love to do these things.

Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

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Post by jklinger410 »

Pulcinella wrote: post #93

$700 + $24/month for an uglier plastic name badge + police body camera. No thanks Also: To put on the Ai Pin involves placing a magnetic battery pack on the inside of a shirt or other piece of clothing, and letting a magnet on the Pin itself hold the system in place. It’s altogether about 55 grams, or 2 ounces, nearly the weight of a tennis ball. People with pacemakers should consult their doctors about potential mag…

> $700 + $24/month for an uglier plastic name badge + police body camera

Hah, yeah man, that's totally what it is!

Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

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Post by exitb »

zwieback wrote: post #20
ZeroSync wrote: post #6

Launch Video: https://vimeo.com/882968794 A lot of the interactions seem to take longer vs me just taking my phone out and quickly doing what I need to do. Its compelling given this is a v1 of the product so it will only get better from here but not completely sold on it just yet.

Kind of cool, maybe, but oh my god - the awkward video is such a turn off. Hire some actors!

Not that it matters either way, but I hate the recent Apple style of presentation with everyone being overly happy, hand-wavy and eerily excited about mundane features. This at least felt different and somewhat more honest.

Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones

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Post by jantissler »

jswny wrote: post #45
WithinReason wrote: post #12

If people hated the Google Glasses recording them, won't they hate this too with the camera always facing forward?

It's got a hardware light that tells you its active, what more do you want? You have your phone out all the time and it's got a camera facing people too

That's a funny comment. I don't wear my phone on my chest all the time. If I'm outside it's in my pocket. If I have it in my hand, the camera is facing down. There's no comparison to this consumer grade bodycam.
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