Since Jony Ive and Sam Altman announced the existence of "io", the best guessing game in Silicon Valley is trying to figure out what these"AI devices" are that they are talking about.
Honestly? My take on all of these wearables: creepy, weird, pointless and useless. It's Social Augmentation. Black Mirror basically covered this. Just no. How does this really help us in any real significant way? OK for formal meetings when everyone recognizes that what is being said is being logged.
Moreover, this kind of attempt misses the significance of AI in the human fabric altogether. AI is not a point of contact enhancement. It is a means of synthesizing diverse information and viewpoints into a new, more integrated and holistic form. It's an enhancement to our understanding of the world, not our experiences of it.
I think the world is going to properly reject this sort of device, and it should. It misses on every level.
Honestly? My take on all of these wearables: creepy, weird, pointless and useless. It's Social Augmentation. Black Mirror basically covered this. Just no. How does this really help us in any real significant way? OK for formal meetings when everyone recognizes that what is being said is being logged.
Moreover, this kind of attempt misses the significance of AI in the human fabric altogether. AI is not a point of contact enhancement. It is a means of synthesizing diverse information and viewpoints into a new, more integrated and holistic form. It's an enhancement to our understanding of the world, not our experiences of it.
I think the world is going to properly reject this sort of device, and it should. It misses on every level.