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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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Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones
#53They say they don't listen for watchwords and only record video on demand. Good. But that means their hypothetical calorie-count example only works if you actively remember "I am eating, I should tell the pin to record my eating". Same with many other things; the wrist-worn smart devices are useful exactly because they are always recording, they are somewhat ambient. I understand why they do it, I even applaud them f…
Yeah I was thinking on similar lines when it comes to food tracking. I did a study last year on how food consumption correlates with certain psychological features, but the lack of good data made the study very hard to do.
Self reported data is always annoyingly unreliable.
This product would probably be better than self reporting, but not good enough.
The privacy issue is annoying thing. If it was a on-device ai model things might be easier to accept. But I such a device is further in to the future.
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#54From 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…
They likely went with this form factor because it allows for the camera to look forward and use that context in its responses. A watch wouldn't easily be able to do this.
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#55Having the word "Ai" in the name of a product makes it feel cheap and not premium. People don't care about Ai but more so what it can do for them.
I agree. Customer experience is key, if you start with how a product should make you feel and work backwards into creating that feeling, I feel like the market strategy handles itself. This feels like a "we can do this, so let's do it, and figure out why later."
This reminds me a lot of Google Glass. Cool technology, but they forgot the WHY.
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#56Yay 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"
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#57Missed a huge opportunity to market: Wave over wake Then do some type of magic proximity sensor to begin capture, then detect if hand is facing in or out, to then wake. The tap and hold is too much, and the marketing interplay of magic wand wave as the open command could have made powerful ads. That said, this is still the best glimpse of the future. Incredible job by the team
Agree. If they want this to be practical, they have to make it instantly project the image when I raise my hand with palm open towards the device. A gadget that actively make the user feel inconvenient when they want to use it would not be used at all.
I assume the problem is space. They are basically out of space for more features. I still pitch my idea for a smart bracer though. Like the thing in mass effect or the pipboy.
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#58Signed up for their newsletter month ago, didn't receive any news about a beginning sale. What's the opposite of spam?
> Signed up for their newsletter month ago
Did it actually sign you up? The UX when I just tried didn't make it clear at all if it worked.
Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones
#59I think the founders undermined this product with their launch strategy, first showcasing it on a TED talk briefly without fully exposing the hardware, then about a month later in a fashion show? Then now they make this half baked video that immediately goes into talking about the hardware yet the whole selling point of the device is the software Ai capabilities.
People have been eagerly waiting to hear what this secretive startup company has been working all these years, especially after the recent funding rounds. All of this to be disappointed with a half baked v1 and launch video.
All that aside, I think it's brave of them to enter a competitive market and introduce a unique product that could have potential but at this price point, I'll have to pass. Hope future iterations get better and continues to grow.
Congratulations to all the team at Humane who's been working on this over the years, especially those who took the risk of leaving Apple to join a startup.
Re: The Humane AI Pin Launches Its Campaign to Replace Phones
#60I like the idea of technology fading to the background in a world where it's right in your face; but some of this does seem limited. For instance, how can you ask it to capture something, but you have no idea what it is capturing? Also I'm curious how fast the AI can translate, GPT, Google Translate, Bing Translate, etc are still pretty slow during live translations.