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NVIDIA Senior Research Manager & Lead of Embodied AI (GEAR Group). Stanford Ph.D. Building Humanoid robot and gaming foundation models. OpenAI's first intern. Sharing insights on the bleeding edge of AI.
The AI pin from hu.ma.ne is out, the first LLM-native consumer hardware device. I think it's a great stride towards "ambient intelligence", where AI fades into the background and emerges naturally when you need it. I can imagine having the GPT app store streamed to the device, switching agents depending on the multimodal context around you at the moment. The note-taking feature is awesome: I want to remember important conversations and contacts at conferences without explicitly typing notes on my phone. The privacy concerns are huge though, despite the safeguard mechanism. Google Glass was dead partially because of the social stigma. How will Humane AI pin perform in the mass market? I'm curious what you all think!
Thaddeus Gulden
10mo
Waiting for the Starfleet delta version.
Tim Scarfe
10mo
Isn’t this something that Apple could just integrate into their watch with a single software update? Building trivial wrappers around language models isn't a good business plan!
Daniel Lesnick
10mo
I understand the privacy concerns regarding an always- on device monitoring everything we do and say, but if we're honest, our cell phones already do that. As for the privacy of others, it's not that difficult to run a note recorder app surreptitiously on your phone or even a video app. The only major difference that I see right off is that, before sending your data to Google, Apple, Amazon, etc., there will at least be an AI trying to utilize that data for your benefit. Most people understand the lack of real privacy that comes with using cell phones, Facebook, Instagram, etc., but very few of them are throwing away their phones. As for the device itself, my question is whether or not it's appreciably better at its role than the devices we all currently have.
Sanjay Mohan
10mo
Looks like an interesting idea but it is better executed in a smart watch form factor a. and b. color projection would make it more useful
B. Earl
10mo
Is it strange that I don’t have a trusting feeling about the two folks showcasing it? Maybe it’s the attempt to be “cool” with the leather jacket? I don’t know but something feels like it’s trying too hard.
Isar Meitis
10mo
Unacceptable from a privacy perspective. BTW - it is not the first. the Pendant from Rewind was released a few weeks ago. https://www.rewind.ai/pendant. Also unacceptable...
I am attending a NICU family care talk and I see myriads of applications , where parents and NICU staff can leverage such an innovation. Especially many of these underserved community parents are single, and a companion like an Invisible Angel could change care and mental health of parents.
Harold Schultz Neto
10mo
Apple new in-chip AI capabilities and upcoming upgrades on Siri, kills this device in no time! Apart from the Privacy concerns and Global discussions. I can't grasp why people are so stuck with devices, not services!
Michel J. Hodge
9mo
These type of devices made me wonder if there will be a generational difference of acceptance. I remember my father thought texting on a mobile phone was so strange at first. He had grown up without screens, let alone texting. If you didn't call up another person, were you even communicating? Now we have a current generation addicted to screens and anxious about talking. Then here's a new device that is both "not a screen" and used primarily "by speaking". I've been running smaller experiments by running the discussion functionality with ChatGPT while walking and doing errands. I feel myself needing to hold my phone out so that people don't think I'm strange (it creates a small social anxiety barrier). I predict people will use the AI Pin with headphones (so others can't hear the replies) but will still have a phone on them. So many people crave visual interaction (TikTok, Instagram, hell even LinkedIn). This device needs a way to keep someone occupied while bored on their daily commute. If that projection on the hand becomes HD, then we're talking a killer device.
Physician leader with expertise in product management, clinical investigation, health informatics, and A.I.
10moI think devices like this are a great example of the transitional time humanity is undergoing before we have computer interfaces fully integrated in our bodies and used to interact with an entire ecosystem of AI services (just think of Neuralink). In terms of the social acceptance, I think people will have to develop and adopt new social behaviors like asking politely the other person whether they are recording the conversation or even completely change their behavior when they see that the other person is wearing a device with a "body-cam" capability. In medical use there will be other things to consider such as patient data confidentiality (the device should not announce details about a patient out loud only if the user wears a headset for example)