Jony Ive's AI Product 'Third Core Device' After MacBook and iPhone

[Macropanda]

This will definitely sell in the dozens, if not hundreds.

 

[hughmass]

Well, if it is a cheap gizmo that allows for instant translation...those of us who cannot really learn another language for a quick trip to Paris or Madrid...would love it is my guess.

 

[jedivulcan]

 

[svish]

Have to wait and see. Not sure how an AI only device will be successful. Pricing has to be right and hopefully there won't be a subscription tied to the device.

 

[rp100]

It’s a monitoring device that constantly records your activity and transcribes your conversations. Just think of all the arguments you could win by replaying a prior conversation! Expect a monthly subscription fee to go along with it.

 

[Someyoungguy]

It will be beautifully thin, and useless.

 

[Reason077]

"it is the coolest piece of technology that the world will have ever seen," he said.

Does anyone else remember the Segway hype, circa early 2000s?

 

[drrich2]

According to the report, the device isn't a pair of glasses, given that Ive has been skeptical about building something you have to wear. It's not a phone either, since Ive and Altman want to help wean people off of screens.

That sounds bad. For all the flack they get, people like screens, they know how to use screens, and screens are needful to display info. for reading (since most of us don't read braille).

The alternative is auditory communication - the device 'talks' to you, which means people around you have to put up with its transmission. Like when you're at a restaurant, in line or on public transportation and someone is talking on their phone like no one else is around. Some people strongly oppose cell phone service on planes because the thought of being trapped next to a 'yakker' is just too much.

If this thing doesn't have a screen, it'd better broadcast to one. How does something electronic without a screen communication only to the user in a manner that's not disruptive to others? Generate print outs?

Rather, it's described as a "third core device" after a MacBook Pro and an iPhone.

So it's not a wearable but could be in your pocket or on your desk. So wherever you might use it, you're probably wearing your phone, and at your desk you've got a full computer. How is this gadget going to be preferable to using one of those?

I wonder if they really got the idea from Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy when Batman uses phones and sonar to map everywhere.

In that film it was deemed unethical and the system destroyed.

If one person/entity can do it, others will be able to do it, and if doing it will bring power (e.g.: money, government control, etc...), somebody's gonna do it. Probably a number of somebodies.

 

[MacHeritage]

The product will be capable of being fully aware of a user's surroundings and life

Well, looks like another spy device on steroids. No thank you!

 

[eifelbube]

Details have leaked about the device that OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive. OpenAI is acquiring io, the hardware-based AI startup co-created by Jony Ive, and the first product is one of a family of devices the company intends to launch.

Yesterday, i was convinced this “core” device would come in the form of a contact lense. Today i know it will be a false tooth or an implant. You can opt for a partial for additional functions such as 360° cameras (includes a dentist discount coupon). Caveat: Must smile to record video.

 

[madebybela]

I want this era of Hype and Vibes tech to end already please

 

[SebCohen]

I realize I might be in the tiny minority on this one, but how people are so willing to willingly share all that information with A.I. or "A.I.", have it basically spy on you at all times and share that info with whatever servers, your whole life just open for a company or a state.

It disgusts me.

One, I think it’s more a lack of comprehension, understanding and "creative mindset" to mentally visualise what could be issues.

Two, the issue is not sharing "private", as this is a misnomer in this day and age. Because all the information YOU have is digitised somewhere else and accessible to more parties than yourself. It’s more what those that produce information about you (us) can do with it that’s the difference.

Three, it won’t be long before AI can lawfully access on its own accord public information, databases AND insurance companies etc. Companies already share information, it just needs to be programmed into AI to navigate this.

Four, we absolutely definitely not maybe need actual privacy laws. You own your own information. No debate.

 

[wahit]

This is a major alert for Apple. They stopped being innovative years ago. Cook is a numbers guy, not an ideas guy.

Apple is turning into 1999 Microsoft and the "new Apples" are just around the corner.

 

[antonrg]

Somehow I am confident in Ive's ability to deliver something good. I think this might be a good product.

 

[Lioness~]

Somehow I am confident in Ive's ability to deliver something good. I think this might be a good product.

If I could attach it to my iPhone as I do with the wallet....but where would I keep my cards and id?
Sure we get more of cads stored in Apple-account and use contact-less - but it's not working everywhere here yet unfortunately.
But maybe this devive is thin as a card? That will do it.

 

[ItchyRat2160]

It's just never-ending hyperbole. How can anyone take it seriously?