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Jony Ive's AI Product 'Third Core Device' After MacBook and iPhone
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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.
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?
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?
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.
Well, looks like another spy device on steroids. No thank you!
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.
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.
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.
Apple is turning into 1999 Microsoft and the "new Apples" are just around the corner.
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.
It's just never-ending hyperbole. How can anyone take it seriously?
Reminds me of the Humane AI Pin
Am I the only one who definitely doesn’t want a device aware of my surroundings It’s enough to have my phone aware of my location
And what exactly is this device going to do with this awareness? What can’t a phone already do? What does this improve that will make this a third pillar of devices in our lives?
Since leaving Apple, JI has spent his time making expensive doodads for the rich. Not holding my breath
All this hype around something that'll probably just turn out to be just another AI pin type device which gets bricked the moment you stop paying an expensive monthly subscription.
AI has the potential to disrupt some paradigms. It's the software finally catching up to what modern hardware is capable of. Trying to design new hardware around it doesn't work though. We humans want to interface directly with our devices and get instantaneous feedback – that's why they're designed for us to touch, type, scroll.
AI can automate repetitive or complex tasks but it can't fully replace direct interaction.
I’m not sure the intent of this device is to replace interaction, but rather to add an ambient computing dimension to the stuff we’re already doing. From what I understand the *ideal* of this device is that it sees and remembers everything you do.
So it’s like, imagine if you had an all-knowing person with you who can recall everything, like where you last saw your keys or the name of that person you spoke to two months ago. And therefore it can also engage in conversations with you about experiences you’ve had, and perhaps spark a deeper understanding the things around you and even yourself. Again, that’s the ideal, I think.
But my skepticism is that I think it’s important that this is deeply baked into your computing OS/ecosystem, because it ought to also know what you’re doing on your computing devices too (like Apple’s announced feature that hasn’t yet made it to users yet).
That was the intent of the AI pins also, but they never caught on because an “ambient device” without direct interaction will always be a niche. A smartphone or smartwatch can be an “ambient device” also by the way, all the necessary hardware is there - just give it the proper software.
But how does a phone or a watch see what you see constantly, throughout the day?
I'm getting Deja Vu from reading about the flack Microsoft got for the 'Recall' feature to be added to Windows PCs. And that was just on their computers. Something you wear/carry around all day constantly recording (perhaps recording people around you?) with a long memory...wow.
I doubt this is feasible right now, but even if it were...
Are you talking about smart glasses then? Also about as niche as the AI pins.