How much rationality is there in the market reactions so far—rationality in individual assessments and intentions, & rationality in the workings of humanity considered as an anthology intelligence...
I think the humane AI Pin was premature. In some ways, it is like the Newton which was released with text recognition software so bad that it became the source of countless jokes. Nowadays, text recognition is much better and people think nothing of using hand held devices with touch and stylus interfaces. The projector may be a good idea, but it has all sorts of problems, and the excellent writers at Star Trek seem to have limited their device with a similar form factor to audio only. We may see a badge like device return, but it may not be for a while.
The Apple VisionPro exists in a much broader imaginative universe full of immersive virtual and augmented reality devices. A $4000 device nowadays was about $400 in 1965. That would have purchased a 10" color television if you found one at a good sale price. Back then, only so much was being broadcast in color but one could imagine.
P.S. I can't help comparing humane's AI Pin to the evil Badgey of Star Trek Lower Decks. Some how, Badgey comes out ahead in the comparison.
humane AI Pin: Why would anyone pay so much for a device that is inferior to existing technology - the smartphone, with a hardware design clearly inferior to the Star Trek TNG Starfleet badge device. It may be a prototype, but it looks like sh*t and comes with a hefty monthly subscription to boot. Is it WiFi only, or more likely needing a cellphone plan to run it where it is going to be most useful. I really don't understand what the VCs were thinking.
Now don't think this means I concur with Apple's early success with teh gee-whizzy Visual Pro. I really don't think such a eyepiece is going to be any more successful that Google's early spctacles, and for many of the same reasons. Yes, it looks like a device from teh SciFi paintings of Jim Burns, but the real world is not sci-fi. At some point one will need to remove it, if only for politeness. But where to put it - it will not slip into a pocket or purse like spectacles or a mobile phone. Inevitably such an expensive device will get lost. Who want sto lose a $4000 device?
So neither VCs, nor Aopple led by Tim Cook are developing useful products that will really benefit humanity. These are both toys for the wealthy/"cool kids", I see not functional improvement of teh HAIP over using a phone, and teh Apple VPro is just an improved Occulus with AR features with apparently impressive immersive visuals, but fundamentally not a new invention, and I doubt it will have widespread use after the early adopters have exhausted its novelty. I see it use in niches, not as a consumer product at that price. It is like 3D tvs (and where did they go?).
I think the humane AI Pin was premature. In some ways, it is like the Newton which was released with text recognition software so bad that it became the source of countless jokes. Nowadays, text recognition is much better and people think nothing of using hand held devices with touch and stylus interfaces. The projector may be a good idea, but it has all sorts of problems, and the excellent writers at Star Trek seem to have limited their device with a similar form factor to audio only. We may see a badge like device return, but it may not be for a while.
The Apple VisionPro exists in a much broader imaginative universe full of immersive virtual and augmented reality devices. A $4000 device nowadays was about $400 in 1965. That would have purchased a 10" color television if you found one at a good sale price. Back then, only so much was being broadcast in color but one could imagine.
P.S. I can't help comparing humane's AI Pin to the evil Badgey of Star Trek Lower Decks. Some how, Badgey comes out ahead in the comparison.
"P.S. I can't help comparing humane's AI Pin to the evil Badgey of Star Trek Lower Decks. Some how, Badgey comes out ahead in the comparison."
Love it!
humane AI Pin: Why would anyone pay so much for a device that is inferior to existing technology - the smartphone, with a hardware design clearly inferior to the Star Trek TNG Starfleet badge device. It may be a prototype, but it looks like sh*t and comes with a hefty monthly subscription to boot. Is it WiFi only, or more likely needing a cellphone plan to run it where it is going to be most useful. I really don't understand what the VCs were thinking.
Now don't think this means I concur with Apple's early success with teh gee-whizzy Visual Pro. I really don't think such a eyepiece is going to be any more successful that Google's early spctacles, and for many of the same reasons. Yes, it looks like a device from teh SciFi paintings of Jim Burns, but the real world is not sci-fi. At some point one will need to remove it, if only for politeness. But where to put it - it will not slip into a pocket or purse like spectacles or a mobile phone. Inevitably such an expensive device will get lost. Who want sto lose a $4000 device?
So neither VCs, nor Aopple led by Tim Cook are developing useful products that will really benefit humanity. These are both toys for the wealthy/"cool kids", I see not functional improvement of teh HAIP over using a phone, and teh Apple VPro is just an improved Occulus with AR features with apparently impressive immersive visuals, but fundamentally not a new invention, and I doubt it will have widespread use after the early adopters have exhausted its novelty. I see it use in niches, not as a consumer product at that price. It is like 3D tvs (and where did they go?).