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OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

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Post by thewebguyd »

sajithdilshan wrote: post #5

I wonder what exact features this would provide that the mobile app cannot. I don’t wanna carry another device with me all the time

> I don’t wanna carry another device with me all the time

And that's why this (and any other stand alone "AI device") is doomed to fail.

We solved this problem already in 2007. "An iPod. A phone. An internet communicator. Are you getting it? These are not three separate devices."

The industry has been chasing that high ever since, failing to stop and consider that maybe the smartphone is effectively peak consumer tech as a delivery vehicle for various services.

OpenAI is just upset that they don't get to own the delivery vehicle, Google and Apple do.

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Post by beau_g »

arrrg wrote: post #11
Alifatisk wrote: post #8

So its a competitor to Homepod and Alexa, but more capable, possibly through Computer Use among other agentic workflows people have today.

Reads more like a toy/pet (think Kirby) to me, so it could actually not be a competitor at all to those. Whether that’s a viable product I don’t know.

Tamagotchi but you feed it tokens

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Post by ctkhn »

This seems like a more expensive version of the rabbit or friend ai pins. What is going to differentiate this above any of (1) my phone that can use any AI provider and I can already carry around the home, (2) a set of smart speakers that can talk to an AI provider like google home/homepod/alexa, or (3) my computer?

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Post by creaturemachine »

wongarsu wrote: post #20
sajithdilshan wrote: post #5

I wonder what exact features this would provide that the mobile app cannot. I don’t wanna carry another device with me all the time

The description makes me think that it's targeted at the "screenless" trend. Especially among young people there is a trend to cut down on smartphone usage. This device would fit right in with that: no screen, status display with LEDs and oldschool moving parts (presumably engineered to be cute or endearing). Something to carry around when you don't want to be distracted by the temptations on your phone screen The ir…

But you'll still need to pull out your phone to figure out what it's trying to tell you when it morphs into a pair of lips.

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Post by genghisjahn »

bogzz wrote: post #15
wongarsu wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't kept up. Are Siri, Alexa or Google's smart speakers any good now? Or are they still mostly for setting timers and controlling spotify?

Judging by the frequent frustration I've witnessed whenever visiting two separate friends who own Alexas, no they are not good now. On another note, I am continuously flabbergasted that even Google cannot get an agentic LLM assistant right. I used to use the Google Assistant ALL the time when it did not make use of LLM's. It was AMAZING. I could just say "wake me up at 7" and it would understand that I meant 7AM the…

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Post by bogzz »

the_sleaze_ wrote: post #24
bogzz wrote: post #12

I hope it has little arms that gesticulate while it talks, like Stan from the Monkey Island games. Maybe it could have a Trump mode as well.

Oh it will have Trump mode, just not the funny one you want

It's gonna be yuge.

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Post by smalltorch »

thewebguyd wrote: post #21
sajithdilshan wrote: post #5

I wonder what exact features this would provide that the mobile app cannot. I don’t wanna carry another device with me all the time

> I don’t wanna carry another device with me all the time And that's why this (and any other stand alone "AI device") is doomed to fail. We solved this problem already in 2007. "An iPod. A phone. An internet communicator. Are you getting it? These are not three separate devices." The industry has been chasing that high ever since, failing to stop and consider that maybe the smartphone is effectively peak consumer tec…

I think the only way this could work is if they sold me a box I could put at home, then access it on any of my existing devices as your own actual private instance. One device for the whole family or something.

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Post by oidar »

It's going to be a phone, a screenless phone. Which is fine I guess, but only the obnoxious people that watch youtube on speaker with everyone giving them a death stare are going to use this. Maybe that's a bit too harsh, it will definately have a bluetooth connection for earbuds, so it might not be so grating. If they roll the data into the ChatGPT subscription, it will probably pick up a decent # of users. I can't imagine having a main device only use a voice interface though. Skimming an email visually is way more efficient than having an LLM summarize it.

Re: OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

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Post by rawgabbit »

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #4

Isn't this a plateaued market? Amazon, Google, and Apple are already entrenched in the space. It's not like any of them have toxic brands like Oracle where everyone is dying to free themselves. Most people are happy with their products. This seems like a tough move...

The other article pitched it as an "AI Companion". I can see the market already; virtual girlfriends or virtual friends for the homebound. People will buy a "Companion subscription" that will allow them to talk their friend all day. It will be very successful. I feel bad for any human moderators that will have to wade through these conversations.
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