{"id":174908,"date":"2023-11-11T06:17:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T06:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=174908"},"modified":"2023-11-11T06:17:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T06:17:47","slug":"humane-ai-pin-has-the-future-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/technology\/humane-ai-pin-has-the-future-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"Humane AI Pin: has the future arrived?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the covers have finally been torn off, perhaps, from the most mysterious and conceptual gadget in recent years.\u00a0Even before the official announcement, Time included AI Pin in advance in the top 200 best inventions of 2023, but whether Humane will be able to retain the audience\u2019s interest even after the presentation is a big question.<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing Humane Ai Pin\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/882968794?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite the fact that Humane is headed by former Apple employees, the demo video itself turned out to be something completely un-Apple.\u00a0For 11 endless minutes, two presenters with the most sour expressions on their faces hesitantly poke their palms, and it turned out to be, frankly speaking, difficult to watch.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the point?<\/h2>\n<p>We have already\u00a0talked about the concept of the gadget:\u00a0it is a screenless communicator between a person and neural networks.\u00a0The device does not require apps or a connection to a smartphone, it works directly through the cellular network, and here lies the first catch: the mandatory $24 monthly Humane subscription is added to the already hefty price of $700, without which the device turns into a pumpkin.\u00a0Or rather, a very high-tech brooch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure-align\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-190721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/99_techweek.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The AI \u200b\u200bPin is attached to clothing via a magnet: to do this, you need to place a small metal plate or an additional battery under the fabric.\u00a0Of course, they don\u2019t tell us even an approximate operating time on one battery, but it seems to me that it\u2019s unlikely to be longer than the first Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure-align\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-190718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2_techweek.png\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Next comes the strangest part.\u00a0To activate the AI \u200b\u200bPin, you need to constantly tap on the touchpad on the case, and this immediately kills half the magic.\u00a0It is unlikely that the developers originally intended such control, since it was assumed that all interaction with the gadget would take place using voice and gestures.\u00a0But, apparently, in standby mode the battery ran out of charge indecently quickly, so we had to make a compromise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure-align\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-190717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3_techweek.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3546px) 100vw, 3546px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3_techweek.png 3546w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/6_techweek.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"3546\" height=\"2436\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Requests are sent by voice, and despite the fact that Humane\u2019s main goal is to rid us of interfaces, Ai Pin, oddly enough, still has an interface.\u00a0This is a projection on the hand, and many were worried that the image would be dim, but, judging by the first videos, it is quite readable, if, of course, it is not graphics.\u00a0However, how it will look under the bright midday sun is still unclear.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure-align\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-190722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/4_techweek.png\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>So what can it do?<\/h2>\n<p>The same as a smartphone with access to Chat-GPT: make calls, send and receive messages, play music, translate into foreign languages, take photos and videos and, most importantly, connect directly to generative neural networks.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, so far Ai Pin works mainly with GPT-4, but the creators say that they will not limit themselves to one single neural network and the gadget should become a kind of hub that decides which neuron to send your request to.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure-align\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-190723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5_techweek.png\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>And so, on the one hand, it seems that the first pancake came out lumpy for Humane, because so far there is not a single objective reason to exchange a smartphone for this.\u00a0And personally, it seems to me that in the current format, Ai Pin would look much more appropriate as a smart watch.\u00a0True, it is unlikely that they would have caused such a stir in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, there is a desire to give the device a chance.\u00a0In the end, it\u2019s been a long time since we\u2019ve seen anything conceptually new in the field of wearable electronics, and I\u2019d like to believe that in five to seven years and the next few generations, Ai Pin will be able to turn into a full-fledged \u201cJarvis\u201d without compromises in the form of a quickly depleting battery and the need for constantly waking him up with a pat on the digital shoulder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the covers have finally been torn off, perhaps, from the most mysterious and conceptual gadget in recent years.\u00a0Even before the official announcement, Time included AI Pin in advance in the top 200 best inventions of 2023, but whether Humane will be able to retain the audience\u2019s interest even after the presentation is a big [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" 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