A $700 mobile device to bring AI nonsense generators on the road
A buzzy startup called Humane attracted a year’s worth of attention with a new AI-focused mobile device pitched as a replacement for cell phones. The $700 Humane AI Pin clips onto your shirt and forgoes a screen in favor of voice commands powered by ChatGPT. It also has a little projector that will beam small amounts of text onto your outstretched palm or other surfaces, which is admittedly pretty neat.
The company launched its new product with a self-serious Steve Jobs-esque video going over the device which, to many obverses, demonstrated that the AI Pin and the company that makes it are a little ridiculous, or at least unfocused. Among other gaffs, the AI made several factual errors in the company’s own promotional video, including false information about the best place to view an upcoming eclipse and how much protein is in a handful of almonds.
