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The First Major AI Consumer Hardware Launch is a Dumpster Fire
Early reviews of Humane's AI pin state the device isn't ready for consumers. It now sets a poor precedent that future hardware must overcome.
There’s another broader concern too that the Humane AI pin is the latest in an increasingly more frequent line of beta products from Silicon Valley in search of an initial wave of paying guinea pigs to learn from. Kocienda is right about social media encouraging hot takes, but the idea that the current criticism stems only from poking holes at “little detail(s)” or just not understanding how to use the device’s novel interfaces is a generous read on the situation. Early reviewers of the Humane AI pin at launch have commonly encountered issues with the device simply not working as intended – i.e., being unable to respond to seemingly basic questions or, worse, providing wrong answers and not reacting to gestures.
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