The aftermath of Humane's AI Pin launch
The aftermath of Humane's AI Pin launch
At large, the answer is obviously no, but there’s been a lot of discourse around Humane’s Ai Pin and Marques Brownlee’s review of it. Let’s go over what the product is, the power of social media and/or lack thereof, and my thoughts on Ai Pin.
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The original title of the video was "Did MKBHD go too far?" but I changed it bc it was ultimately distracting – people were commenting on the title and not the coverage. In case you were wondering why some comments are like 'no' or something along the lines.
i d say that the title was brutal. for me to say something is the worst in a comment is not the same as somebody with millions and millions of subscribers. and this is something he knew very well while deciding the title. personally i lost some respect for the guy when i saw that title.
I like how it reminds me of a Starfleet com-badge. 🖖🖖🖖
by the way, been following you on twitter for years. you are by far the best reporter on this exact technology stuff as an older mellinial that I relate you. love you’re work
That Quora clip..😂😂😂
Jules is being completely dishonest when she said the AI pin wasn’t trying to replace the smartphone. If it wasn’t trying to replace the smartphone it wouldn’t have separate calls and texts from a different phone number it would integrate with the preexisting smartphone like a smartwatch does and allow you to access your phone’s call and text functions on it.
Also I love how she completely ignores the fact you can disable the wake word function on Siri and instead use physical controls to activate it.
Apple Intelligence renders the AI pin completely useless.
What’s scary is the people that believe him & follow him. Why he has so many followers is beyond me.
I love that your sponsor is a refurbished phone site. Rep Jules ❤
Is there anyone in NYC or NJ who has already installed Humane AI Pin, that can help me?
I don't think it's MKBHD's fault that people are stupid
Great video, am subscribing because you have a lot of interesting videos hope your channel grows till it matches the quality of your content❤
I kind of feel like the people who got so mad about Marques's title streisand effect'd it, and polarized the issue, leading to only more dogpiling when people defended him.
re AVP vs Pin as emerging products comparison: among other things, the AVP at least has a dev platform and is a fun device that developers can tinker with. I'd love to tinker with the Pin's projector and all the cool things the novel form factor could enable, but Humane doesn't allow me to do that right now. If they launched the Pin as a devkit, they could have gotten away with a lot more unfinished-ness.
fwiw, Humane's vision really excited me and I bought a Pin myself, but when I try to use it the product that exists today… it sucks, and I'm really sad about it. I decided to try a Pixel Watch after using the Pin for a while, and the watch, combined with the Google Assistant, can do almost everything it can do better right now.
I have a Humane AI Pin, too. The real story is that the Humane team are taking feedback for improvements, have sent updates out that remedy overheating, and are aware of ALL of the broken promises. They sent out a beta product at retail prices in the hopes that people would not return them; some will stay on board and some will leave. Many haven't even received theirs yet. I think they pushed to market too soon, and risk falling flat. I haven't decided whether I'll return mine yet, but I am for sure disappointed at the first run.
Your reaction to the TikTok product reviewers is heartwarming and priceless.
only thing humane needs to do is
1. go asap make a deal with groq and make sure those requests to AI are snappy and fast… and they will definitely be able to do it with LPUs…
2. refine the software and add some mechanism for AI halucinations to be filtered or corrected… it could be as easy as googleing in parallel and letting another model judge if there is a halucination…
Their hardware is solid but i wish they would do a needle like contact points for the extra battery so you connect it not via shitty wireless charging but via physical contact (optionally allowing for wireless if you have clothing that shouldn't be penetrated with a needle)
I never liked the guy and his reviews are meh 🤷🏼♂️
This is what happens when the “participation trophy generation” (of which I’m a member, so don’t “OK Boomer” me) gets into positions of influence. They get so mad offended and use buzz phrases like “unethical” or “irresponsible” to describe a tech reviewer just doing their job because “he could’ve been nicer about it.” No sir, when a product is being sold for hundreds of dollars plus a monthly subscription, I’d say it’s unethical and irresponsible to not be honest about said product’s shortcomings.
This is real life. And sometimes in real life, you lose. It’s not the pretty, flowery picture we get in the movies. Sometimes the gamble doesn’t pay off, and we all need to get a lot more OK with that.
I kinda like it as a concept, but as a product… Nah. It's like a smartphone with extra steps and way less features
the other thing the folks crying about MKBHD's very good and honest review should keep in mind is that Humane are sitting on a gigantic pile of cash still. they can easily afford to go back to the drawing board and come up with something much better. i don't have much confidence they will though if they really thought the product in it's current state was worthy of a big release.
Thanks for this video this was a really clear breakdown of the product and recent events I really appreciate your honest assessment. I believe humane will become stronger they have a leadership team that is smart and for me most importantly respectful and kind. Anyone who is helping me be more present is helping me with my real life relationships. This is what I value most in my life is family and friends. When my head is stuck in my phone those relationships suffer
If you move the letters around, you can spell “iPain”.
Half baked product … AT BEST!!!
This was a pretty good rundown of the events. First-time viewer, I loved the video so I'll be sticking around.