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Former Apple designers launch $700 Humane AI Pin as smartphone replacement

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨return2ozma@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/09/former-apple-designers-at-humane-launch-hands-free-ai-powered-pin.html

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This article is a goldmine lmao, but my favourite might be

    There are no wake words so it’s not always listening, […] it doesn’t do anything until you engage with it, and your engagement comes through your voice

    🤔

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    • nix@merv.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You press the button and then talk to it

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      • hansl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They just need to make a version that looks like a Star Trek communicator badge.

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    • rostby@lemmy.fmhy.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      sound straight out of The Onion

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  • Fades@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Also requires 25/month subscription and you sacrifice privacy of all your shit lol

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    • capital@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What’s your phone bill?

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      • Fades@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        My phone would absolutely not be replaced by this device and thus I’d be stuck paying two phone bills. No thanks.

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      • Vub@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        6€

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  • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Notice that in the video in their webpage they clearly state that you can “engage” with it by voice, touch, or gesture. But somehow it doesn’t have constantly on sensors? It’s also a subscription service on top of the $700 or else it is just an ugly useless clothes pin. And it can’t be tampered with or it disables itself and has to be reactivated by them. So, no right to repair. This is vaporware.

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    • ilmagico@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s no constantly on sensors, just a microphone… A microphone is not a sensor, right? right?

      Yet one more thing I’ll avoid like the plague (together with tiktok, temu, anything apple or tesla, the list keeps growing)

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  • nix@merv.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The projection stuff looks sooo gimicky and terrible to interact with. There’s also no way people will be talking out loud to interact with their messages and emails. This is essentially a bluetooth headset repackaged. This is not going to do well at all

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    • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes, I haaate voice activated stuff. Sometimes, dictating a text is nice. In the right surroundings where no one has to hear me over-pronouce every syllable, like in a car.

      But the vast majority of the time, I’d rather wait until I can type or whatever.

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    • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Good thing it creates a bubble of sound so no one will hear your confirmation email for 2.5 liters of water based lube.

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      • Deckweiss@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I got that reference!

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  • spittingimage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So the thing laser-projects onto your hand as a screen. Does this mean we can now expect cellphone assholes to blind us with lasers by dropping their hands while it’s still projecting?

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    • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And a bodycam that is on 24/7 that, unlike cops, you can’t turn off at convenient times, and is constantly reporting to a centralized corporation. I’m sure it’s not going to be another step on the privacy hellscape that is technology right now.

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      • br3d@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No way is something that size transmitting video all the time, or even processing it on board to upload summaries. The battery would last about an hour

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      • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Someone clarified in my comment on another post that it’s not supposed to be recording 24/7 (although details on activation are fuzzy).

        Still if a friend starts wearing this around, I’m cutting them out of my life. It’s a big hell no

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      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        According to the article (if you’d bother reading before commenting) it doesn’t record all the time and when it is, a little light on it would flash.

        But seriously? You actually think that little thing could handle non stop video recording and storage without going dead every like 2 hours?

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  • stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So Google Glass in a worse form factor?

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  • slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Unrecognized hand detected, device locked. Drink verification can!

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  • jay9@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I see why they are “former” Apple designers.

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  • pastabatman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s a long shot, but there might be a niche for this thing among the people who are tired of being over connected. There’s a mild resurgence of dumb phones for the same reason. They absolutely have to nail usability though. If the user has frustrating interactions with it and think to themselves “This would have been easier on my phone” then they’ve basically failed, especially with that hefty monthly fee.

    I won’t be a customer, but I wish them luck.

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    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      there might be a niche for this thing among the people who are tired of being over connected.

      My brother in Christ, this thing is meant for set and forget on the user’s chest.

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      • pastabatman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You can’t doomscroll and consume endless content. There are no apps. You can only communicate with known contacts. There is no screen to separate you from the real world. It’s a dump phone plus a digital assistant in a novel package.

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  • Jakdracula@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The design is very human.

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    • mlg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Very easy to use

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  • Teknikal@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Doa imo. Absolutely pointless given existing tech and it’s price and subscription.

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    • hansl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s not out of price for first adopters. What are you talking about? This is not replacing your phone.

      I don’t know what people are smoking here but this is about the price that I was expecting for this device. I was actually expecting around the range of Google Glass, so this is actually cheaper. You guys think that leap forwards in tech should come at the price of a Big Mac and be accessible to everyone.

      We should rather discuss the UX, usability and tech itself rather than focusing on an inconsequential price point. If it takes off and there is a mainstream version then we can talk market pricing.

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      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        “The think marketed as a smartphone replacement isn’t meant to replace your phone!”

        O…o

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  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Make it a Starfleet badge and I’ll take one!

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  • knotthatone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I really don’t know what to think of this thing. It’s a bit like a combadge from Star Trek with a camera and small monochrome projector. I like the idea behind it, handling most of the utilitarian features smartphones bring without the games and social media distractions. The AI stuff is neat, but I don’t know how well baked any of it is and that’s really going to be what makes or breaks something like this.

    Price is a bit high, and I don’t know how I feel about the subscription–I guess it’s not bad if you think of this as a full cellphone replacement, but that’s a tall order with something this new and dorky. There’s probably a 90%+ chance this becomes short-lived vaporware/abandonware, but who knows. I’d love to see something succeed that gets people’s faces out of their cellphones and back to interacting in person more.

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    • return2ozma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This comment summed it up well…

      For all the reasons that this might not take off, what a thrill that people are trying something new–and it looks really nicely designed too.

      I think this is easy to dismiss at first glance, but I genuinely believe they’re trying to think about a new mode of interaction. The idea that “the computer will disappear” is probably accurate in the long term. Except for content delivery (reading, photos, movies), most tasks we achieve via computers and phones do not strictly require a screen. It’s probably a good thing if computers did a better job of getting out of the way, and stop so loudly disrupting human interactions.

      Whether this will be the solution is unclear; the privacy/creepiness angle is still real with an outwards-facing camera. Latency and battery life limitations might be too significant. The cost will be a non-starter for many (it is for me).

      But I’m still impressed because there was a vision here. The conversational interface has never worked before for many reasons, but that does not mean it cannot work in principle, or that the ideal implementation would not be spellbinding. I’m glad they’re trying. Also, the laser display is neat!

      Source: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38211382

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      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I just don’t know how you can get past the privacy aspect, I don’t trust ant company as far as I can throw them privacy wise.

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      • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They really said, “let’s build a product around the feature that everyone disables first as soon as they get a new phone”, and are trying to sell it with a straight face.

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  • danielfgom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The concept has potential but the pricing is way, way off.

    Firstly, don’t charge a price for the device. People already have phones and aren’t replacing them with this.

    Also, wtf are they thinking with $700?!!! The thing is a bit of plastic, battery and tiny motherboard. That’s like €50 tops.

    Secondly, charge $30 a month subscription only. Breakdown: $10 a month for the SIM, $5 a month for the device, €15 a month for R&D/marketing/staff/profits. Total €30.

    Of course they would need to sell millions to make it worthwhile, but at least they’d stand a chance.

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  • sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    WAN Show gon be lit

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  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Big Mouth S6E6 already did this

    m.imdb.com/title/tt23062766/

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