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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/caseynewton/statuses/112277984200127437">Casey Newton (caseynewton@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 16:18:57 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton" title="caseynewton@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/61006-48-20240126011805.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Casey Newton" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Casey Newton</a></section><article><p>Brutal reviews for Humane Ai Pin suggest that the tech industry's overpromising about AI is starting to catch up with it. I wrote about where the company went wrong <a href="https://www.platformer.news/humanes-folly-and-the-ai-hype-hangover/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.platformer.news/humanes-folly-and-the-ai-hype-hangover/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2946872#notice-5859839">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-04-16T16:18:57+09:00" title="Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 16:18:57 JST">about 10 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/112277984200127437" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/112277984200127437">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2507450">Humane’s systems rely in part on OpenAI’s APIs. But in important ways, the company has been far less boastful than its key service provider. “Whether you're making calls, sending messages, seeking answers, capturing moments, taking notes, or managing your digital world, Ai Pin acts as your assistant and second brain, allowing you to be present and in flow,” the company says on its homepage. The distinction illustrates one reason why hardware is so hard compared to software. The latter can launch as a minimum viable product; declare itself in beta and warn users that it may often break; and still attract users who will volunteer to test features, find bugs, and build community. Meanwhile, the Ai Pin, asks for $700 upfront, plus $25 a month, for an experience that turns out to underperform years-old smartphones. Perhaps it will capably serve as a second brain someday; to call it one today is delusional at best.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/277/983/918/411/573/original/66594819434cbf87.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/277/983/918/411/573/original/66594819434cbf87.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2507451">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Casey Newton (caseynewton@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 16:18:57 JST Casey Newton
Brutal reviews for Humane Ai Pin suggest that the tech industry's overpromising about AI is starting to catch up with it. I wrote about where the company went wrong https://www.platformer.news/humanes-folly-and-the-ai-hype-hangover/
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1. Humane’s systems rely in part on OpenAI’s APIs. But in important ways, the company has been far less boastful than its key service provider. “Whether you're making calls, sending messages, seeking answers, capturing moments, taking notes, or managing your digital world, Ai Pin acts as your assistant and second brain, allowing you to be present and in flow,” the company says on its homepage. The distinction illustrates one reason why hardware is so hard compared to software. The latter can launch as a minimum viable product; declare itself in beta and warn users that it may often break; and still attract users who will volunteer to test features, find bugs, and build community. Meanwhile, the Ai Pin, asks for $700 upfront, plus $25 a month, for an experience that turns out to underperform years-old smartphones. Perhaps it will capably serve as a second brain someday; to call it one today is delusional at best.
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