[chewmieser]

I received one of these as a gift from someone. I was obviously skeptical but started using it and there's definitely a few areas where it REALLY excels at. The team tried to do waaaaay too much here... If they had more time or less ambition I think this could have really been something neat. My fingers are crossed that like Apple thinks so as well...

[csomar]

Can you explain what it does or what you are using it for? I looked on the homepage (https://humane.com/) but couldn't figure it out.

[chewmieser]

It's a wearable like a watch, whose main purpose is to be a digital assistant using server-side AI. It has its own plan so it's always connected. The things I've liked that you can do with it are like:

* Take a photo/video with a couple taps

* Have it "see" the area in front of you and give you insight - e.g. "Look at the desk in front of me, find all the items on it and put it into a note titled 'My Messy Desk'"

* Find information for you and do stuff with it - get me the number for X and dial it. Or get me the number for X and add it to a contact labeled Y

* Play me classic rock songs that feature "sunshine" as the main theme

* Add to my X log, at the current date and time that Y occurred

* Find me 25 songs that match X and put them into a note in X order

* Find me places where I can buy soda at that are open at the moment nearby

* Review my X log, remove any entries where Y occurred and replace them with Z

* How long is the second movie of the one about the desert, and what's it named?

Imagine if your digital assistant didn't suck, but then scale back your ambitions a bit because it's early lol. It's neat. Could you replicate it in order ways that aren't a wearable? Sure. But it's a decent assistant, nice always-accessible camera, speaker for music, wearable for texts/calls/whatever and I like the location it sits at.

Since it's so friction-less, it's easier to be curious IMO.

[csomar]

So it's a gpt-4 device with a camera? It's like siri plugged to gpt-4. I can see the attraction (though would still prefer my phone) but then then don't have the "AI" anymore than anyone else in this field.

[alangibson]

I wish they had just made a Bluetooth accessory to an app. But you can't get a $800M validation with a $99, easily cloneable accessory.

[chewmieser]

100% it should be an accessory. It's a bit weird to carry another phone around - it's gonna be a WHILE before this replaces them, if it ever does. But all the hardware is great and having that all in that pin location is pretty nice as well.