[DocTomoe]

Recently, I've been moving back to 'dedicated items' instead of 'everything on the phone'.

It might be an old guy finding a love for vinyl, but having a dedicated camera, a dedicated notebook, a dedicated music player ... makes making photos, writing down notes or listening to music somehow more ... meaningful to me. Maybe because I do not get distracted by the other 999 functionalities of the phone while I am trying to take photos, listen to music, or writing something down.

[jdubs1984]

This isn’t a dedicated device for something a phone app replaced though…assuming it even is a pocket or wearable way to interact with chatgpt…it’s going to need some sort of cell/data service and replace an app that already exists with a whole other device.

I also am rolling back in certain areas, like writing instead of phone notes and such, but the idea of a wearable or portable chat bot device makes zero sense to me. It’s an added cost and yet another thing to lug around.

As it turns out though nobody seems to know _why_ they hired Ive or what they intend him to make.

[neop1x]

Dedicated devices are often mediocre because they have to be cheap and have crappy HW and a small battery. Look at Rabbit R or Humane AI Pin. You already have a high quality expensive phone, no need to buy another crappy electronic-waste-since-manufactured device

[DocTomoe]

... Unless they do bring more convenience. A popular example are smartwatches. People have a perfectly good clock, stopwatch, sleep surveillance device on their phone, and still pay 300-900 dollars for an AppleWatch.

Why? Because looking at your wrist is much more efficient and fast than getting your phone out of the pocket.

A phone-connected 'AI necklace' to act as a trigger and communication device to an AI interface ( maybe even a small camera ) might be more convenient than fishing your phone out of your pocket as well.