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Humane is said to be seeking a $1 billion buyout after only 10,000 orders of its terrible AI Pin (www.engadget.com)
submitted 6 months ago by thehatfox to c/technology
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[–] kokesh 106 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

No one wants badly executed overheating slow Google assistant in a pointless little box. You already have a superior assistant in your pocket, reacting to your voice.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 6 months ago (3 children)

okay but what if it could also set you on fire?

[–] coolmojo 34 points 6 months ago

What if I use a Samsung Note 7?

[–] NegativeLookBehind 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Checkmate

[–] AdamEatsAss 18 points 6 months ago

I am contesting this match because you cheated. Something like a vibrating flaming AI insertable had to have helped you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Buy an old Samsung S7?

Edit: Ah fuck. It's the note 7 and I fucked up.

[–] SlopppyEngineer 19 points 6 months ago

And bluetooth pins that allow you to talk to the AI in your pocket already exist. That's without that projector screen thing but still.

[–] Snapz 5 points 6 months ago

Sure sure, but this one is very close to your skin and vital organs and could burn you or just plain explode, so how about it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Some try-hard wants to reinvent the wheel to show what a cutting-edge "disruptor" they can be, but they only succeed in making a shittier version of an already extant product