Good exploration of the clip/pin/brooch form-factor that was previously explored by the Narrative Clip (http://getnarrative.com/). Can it be worn on a necklace? That seems more convenient than attaching it to different pieces of clothes and having it tear/wrench at the fabric.
The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones
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#22I’m a Humane employee who has worked on nearly all the Ai features in the product. We’re very happy to get this out into the world and start getting feedback!
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#23This product screams for market validation. But I wish them great luck, because I love these kinds of product experiments.
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#24Their 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???
That's what you get when your futuristic "AI pin" works by making an API request to an off-the-shelf LLM (ChatGPT I assume) that was last trained a year ago.
Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones
#25Their 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???
This is especially embarrassing because their logo is literally an eclipse and it's the name of one of their color options... Seriously??
Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones
#26I’m a Humane employee who has worked on nearly all the Ai features in the product. We’re very happy to get this out into the world and start getting feedback!
The Comm Badge was never meant to be a full interaction device, just a point to point communicator. Since it has limited UX capability, a single use case made sense.
Why are you trying to do something totally different with what appears to be an obviously constrained interaction paradigm?
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#27I’m a Humane employee who has worked on nearly all the Ai features in the product. We’re very happy to get this out into the world and start getting feedback!
Two questions, with no obligation to answer them:
- What's the argument for using this instead of a full-fat computer with ambient capabilities? (think iPhone/Siri or Android/Assistant)
- How does Humane expect the $699 price point to develop in the future? Is the intention to bring prices down, or capabilities up?
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#28From a consumer standpoint, I do not see the main advantages of this device over a better designed smartwatch or a smart wristband. The main interface, i.e. the projection onto the hand is a very novel and innovative concept but also blurry and cumbersome. A watch would also technically be able to perform all the function shown here. And personally, with how much we are all in need of a smartphone, might as well make something like a smart bracer. That would give all the space needed for the battery and screen and computation and roll everything into one, phone, watch, AI, etc.
Do we have holograms tech yet?
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#29Launch 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.
They ask it where the next eclipse is, and where best to watch it. They got the date right, but the suggested locations of Timor and Australia are not in the eclipse path. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2024-april-8
Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones
#30Launch 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!
But then the cofounders wouldn't get the full ego-stroking Silicon Valley Enterpreneur Experience™ they crave!