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I'm not gonna lie, this type of technology is what I've been looking forward to ever since watching the movie Her. As a first generation of the technology, it definitely has some issues and oddities, but I think those could be easy enough to work out with future iterations and updates. A more natural speaking voice. Bluetooth earphones for a more personal interaction experience with the device (maybe even control wit…
My gut tells me this is going to crash and burn in a hilarious way. Not only is it worse than holding a smartphone while being less useful, street kids are going to pull these off people at a phenomenal rate, leaving people with just unhappy memories alongside a battery pack swimming somewhere inside their jumper.
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.
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.