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Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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Post by nwallin »

OsrsNeedsf2P wrote: post #145
steve-atx-7600 wrote: post #115

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Yeah. Everyone wants to be like Steve but forgets that he usually had something amazing to show off.

Didn't Steve flip through 3 iPhones and hardcode the network UI to look like they had good signal?

One of the demos was printing a thing out, but the processor was hopelessly too slow to perform the actual print job. So they hand unrolled all the code to get it down from something like a 30 minute print job to a 30 second print job.

I think at this point it should be expected that every publicly facing demo (and most internal ones) are staged.

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Post by JKCalhoun »

pessimizer wrote: post #106
smelendez wrote: post #48

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That was my thought — the memory might not have been properly cleared from the last rehearsal. I found the use case honestly confusing though. This guy has a great kitchen, just made steak, and has all the relevant ingredients in house and laid out but no idea how to turn them into a sauce for his sandwich?

Yes. Even if the demo worked perfectly, it's hopelessly contrived. Just get text-to-speech to slowly read you the recipe.

Or pick up a bottle of bulgogi sauce?

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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Post by JKCalhoun »

pm90 wrote: post #102
patrickhogan1 wrote: post #44

Credit where it’s due: doing live demos is hard. Yesterday didn’t feel staged—it looked like the classic “last-minute tweak, unexpected break.” Most builders have been there. I certainly have (I once spent 6 hours at a hackathon and broke the Flask server keying in a last minute change on the steps of the stage before going on).

As much as I hate Meta, I have to admit that live demos are hard, and if they go wrong we should have a little more grace towards the folks that do them. I would not want to live in a world where everything is pre-recorded/digitally altered.

When you have a likable presenter, the audience is cheering for you, even (especially?) when things go wrong.

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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Post by wewtyflakes »

lefstathiou wrote: post #152
johnfn wrote: post #142

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Yes, the mocking, gleeful negativity really does make me concerned that this place is becoming Reddit. The fact that the highest upvoted post on this thread is just a link to Reddit isn't doing much to help me feel better. And I've been here for at least a decade, so I don't think this is the noob illusion.

Bots bots bots... tearing down our stars is good business for a variety of vested interests. Don't let the bastards grind you down.

We are not bots, we just loathe historically bad-faith actors and especially with the current climate, we will take the opportunity of harmless schadenfreude where we can get it.

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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Post by nmilo »

It's well known Meta AI is shit. But I could probably make an app that can run this demo in an afternoon. The glasses part here is insane and I don't know why everyone is fixated on the tacky AI part. It's like if I invented the car and you complained that it's really hard to crank the windows down. Be happy it's even there!

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Post by throwuxiytayq »

johnfn wrote: post #153

The mocking, gleeful negativity here concerns me. I am worried that with some of these more polarized topics that the discussions on HN are becoming closer to those on Reddit. The fact that the highest upvoted post on this thread is just a link to Reddit isn't doing much to help me feel better. And I've been here for at least a decade, so I don't think this is the noob illusion. I have no illusions about Zuckerberg.…

You just don’t seem to understand. Mark wouldn’t hesitate to grind you down to the last atom in order to extract every last bit of value out of you. And you defend the guy because he gave you freebies, or something. I have no words.

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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Post by JKCalhoun »

asadm wrote: post #68
tkamado wrote: post #51

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Live demos being hard isn't an excuse for cheating.

this isn't cheating. the models are unpredictable. This product is going out the door this month, there is no reason to cheat.

> the models are unpredictable. This product is going out the door this month

I see a problem.

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Post by mupuff1234 »

jerlam wrote: post #20
ryandrake wrote: post #11

I love how they randomly blame the WiFi network, like anyone is going to buy it.

It's almost certainly a joke. Everyone knows that the demo failed.

Certainly didnt seem like a joke.

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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Post by rkagerer »

Why the bleep do they still rely on wifi at conferences like this?? I always insist on a wired connection on its own, dedicated, presenter vlan. Is this running on wifi-only glasses or something? Is that the only medium they can present the tech on? Could they have shielded the room the guy's in?

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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Post by fluoridation »

jncfhnb wrote: post #90
twothreeone wrote: post #37

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Mark's definitely mastered optimizing for peak cringe factor while at 1.95T valuation.

Obligatory https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eBxTEoseZak

Good god...
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