Incredible New Device That Doesn't Do Anything Right

Summary

A video script details the unveiling of Humane AI's unusual new tech product, the AI Pin. Promoted by former Apple employees as 'privacy first' tech with impressive capabilities, the pin gets basic factual information wrong in demos. The presenters struggle to explain the pin's purpose and advantages over phones. Despite the pin's flaws, the narrator is intrigued enough to consider buying and reviewing it when released.

Takeaways

• 😀 The video discusses a new tech product called the Humane AI Pin unveiled by startup Humane AI
• 😕 The presenters fail to clearly explain the purpose and capabilities of the Pin
• 🤨 The Pin seems to provide limited functionality compared to smartphones
• 😠 The Pin gives incorrect information during its demos
• 😡 The founders give an unconvincing sales pitch for the Pin on CNBC
• 🙄 The Pin does not seem to solve any problems that existing technology cannot address
• 🤔 The Pin's voice control requires users to speak out loud which may not always be practical
• 😳 The Pin suggests the user eat random objects without regard for safety
• 🤭 The video creator plans to buy the Pin when released to review its real-world functionality
• 🎥 Overall the Pin seems half-baked but its future potential remains uncertain

Q & A

What is the Humane AI Pin?

The Humane AI Pin is a new standalone device and software platform built by startup Humane that is meant to provide AI capabilities in a small, portable form factor.

What features does the Humane AI Pin have?

The advertised features of the Humane AI Pin include no always-on listening/recording, ability to control music playback using voice commands, display information on its 'laser ink display', make purchases by scanning barcodes, read nutritional information about foods, and send texts.

Why does the presenter think the product presentation is strange?

The presenter thinks the product presentation is strange because the founders seem awkward on camera, take a long time to explain what the device actually does, hype up unimportant features like the colors, and show demos where the pin gives inaccurate information.

What questions does the CNBC host have about the device?

The CNBC host questions what useful purpose the device serves that a smartphone cannot already do, and presses the founders to give examples of when the pin would be more convenient to use.

Does the device actually work as advertised?

Based on the faulty demos shown in the presentation, it seems unlikely the device works as reliably as claimed. The presenter says the only way to know for sure is if he buys one when it is released to test it.

Why name the company Humane?

The presenter finds the name Humane AI unsettling because he mainly hears that word used when discussing ethical issues like factory farming, so it has ominous connotations regarding AI taking over.

What is the price of the Humane AI Pin?

The device is priced between $700-$800 depending on the color, which the presenter thinks is very expensive given the demonstrated capabilities.

Who founded Humane?

Humane was founded by Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, former Apple employees and romantic partners.

What cellular connectivity does the device use?

The Humane AI Pin connects via T-Mobile's network using its own dedicated Humane Network.

When is the Humane AI Pin supposed to ship?

As per the founders, the Humane AI Pin is estimated to ship to customers in March 2024.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Intro: The Humane AI pin product announcement is weird and nonsensical

The intro paragraph discusses the recent product announcement for Humane AI pin. The author thinks it is one of the worst and strangest product presentations ever. Humane AI is a new tech startup by two former Apple employees, Imran Chowdhri and Bethany Bjonrud. Their mission statement using buzzwords is unhelpful. The name 'Humane AI' is also concerning.

05:02

😕 Demos show inaccurate capabilities and lack of clarity on what it does

The second paragraph examines the poor and confusing product demos. After vague claims, it shows limited music controls and inaccurate information about eclipses, almonds, and book prices. The founders seem unaware of its actual capabilities.

10:03

🤨 Short film depicts questionable and absurd uses

The third paragraph discusses a strange short film showing the AI pin's bizarre capabilities. It gives advice like not wearing pants, capturing random people and objects, and responding rudely. The demo interactions are confusing and absurd.

Keywords

💡Product presentation

A product presentation is an event where a company publicly introduces and demonstrates a new product they have created. In this video, the presenters Imran and Bethany unveil their AI assistant device called the 'Humane AI pin'. The product presentation is awkward and confusing, leaving the narrator skeptical about the device's capabilities.

💡AI assistant

An AI assistant is a device or software that can understand voice commands and questions to provide helpful information and services to users. The Humane AI pin is marketed as an AI assistant that can do things like play music, answer questions, send texts etc. However, it struggles to perform these tasks accurately in the presentation.

💡Futuristic

Something futuristic appears very advanced, innovative and groundbreaking, often incorporating emerging technologies. The laser ink display on the Humane AI pin is described as looking futuristic. But its name and actual capabilities are underwhelming.

💡Features

Features refer to the capabilities, functions and services a tech product provides to users. Apart from a laser ink display, the presenters struggle to clearly explain the features of the Humane AI pin even when directly asked by the hosts.

💡Accuracy

Accuracy measures how correct or precise a system is in its workings and outputs. The video pokes fun at the Humane AI pin's lack of accuracy in providing basic information about things like nutrition data, eclipses etc.

💡Use cases

Potential real-world applications of a product are known as use cases. The hosts ask the presenters to provide examples of use cases for the Humane AI pin as it is unclear who the target customer is or why it is useful.

💡Practicality

How sensible, convenient and easy to use something is in everyday life relates to its practicality. The video questions if speaking to a pin on your chest to get information is more practical than current solutions like smartphones.

💡Innovative

Being innovative means introducing new ideas, methods or technologies that are advanced and break from traditional approaches. While the Humane AI pin claims to be an innovative device, the video suggests most of its functionality could be replicated through a smartphone app.

💡Revolutionize

To revolutionize means to radically transform something by introducing groundbreaking innovations. Though unsuccessful in its presentation, the founders suggest someday the Humane AI pin could revolutionize human-technology interaction.

💡Snake oil

Snake oil refers to fraudulent health products or technology that makes big claims but does not work as advertised. One host jokingly asks if 'Squawk Box' is the name of their show or a jab comparing the Humane AI pin to snake oil.

Highlights

The product presentation for Humane AI Pin might be the worst I've ever seen for one of the strangest products I've seen

Humane AI is an unsettling name for a tech company, it makes me think of factory farming when I hear 'humane'

The sterile white room and serious founders give the intro a threatening aura, it feels like I'm about to be tortured

They spend minutes using buzzwords to explain what the pin does before finally demonstrating something tangible it can do

The pin's advanced AI gives incorrect information about upcoming eclipses and nutrition facts

The pin allows you to shop in the real world, but doesn't provide enough specifics on pricing and delivery

The founders reuploaded the video to pretend the pin gave correct answers after people realized the info was wrong

I want to buy the pin just to ask it if I can eat random objects and creatures

This thing tells me what to eat, when to eat, and even picked out this very fashionable outfit I'm wearing

How is this AI pin better than phones we already have? Why can't these features just be an app?

The CNBC hosts seem to have the same skeptical questions about the usefulness of this device

The founders seem out of their depth and not media trained to demonstrate and explain this product

It's difficult to show off the pin and explain use cases without a screen interface

You'd have to speak out loud to text or search, not practical compared to phone apps

I may buy this when released to review it and see if it revolutionizes technology

Transcripts

what's up Greg new technology truly

fascinates me a new Gadget being

introduced to the world has the

potential to change the way we live

learn and communicate or more

interestingly it could flop and become a

laughing stock of the internet which is

why a few weeks ago I was thrilled to

discover the unveiling for a project

called The Humane AI pin this might be

the worst product presentation I've ever

seen for one of the strangest products

I've ever seen apparently Humane AI is a

new tech startup founded by two former

Apple employees and current lovers Imran

chowri and Bethany bonjourno their

mission is building Innovative

technology that feels familiar natural

and human okay first thing that's

sticking out to me is that none of those

words were useful also do I really want

my technology to feel more human I've

never wished my MacBook to be more

fleshy also Humane AI is such an

unsettling name for a company I'm sorry

you lost me right off the bat I feel

like the only times I ever even hear the

word Humane is when we're talking about

like factory farming or something don't

worry dude when this AI takes over it is

going to be super Humane in the way it

Slaughters us it will not violate the

Geneva

Convention unlike other AIS Siri all

right let's go ahead and watch the

product presentation and let's see if

you think it's as weird as I

do welcome to

Humane thank you this is the Humane AI

pin cool it's a St device and software

platform so the intro does have a very

threatening aura about it doesn't it the

sterile White Room they're both so

serious and they're unboxing a

mysterious device I feel like I'm about

to be tortured for

information what is that this is the

Humane AI pin and it is the last thing

you will ever see it's a standalone

device and software platform built from

the ground up for AI okay so it's some

kind of mobile device it's built from

the ground up for AI and I'm very

excited for them to tell us what that

means it comes in three colorways got

Eclipse lunar and Equinox those are not

colors there's two pieces a computer and

a battery booster the battery booster

Powers a smaller battery inside the main

computer okay great what does it do and

this is how we achieve our all day

battery life oh great it's got all day

battery life that way you can spend all

day

there are no wake words so it's not

always listening or always recording in

fact it doesn't do anything until you

engage with it okay thank God so it

doesn't record me that's good to know

for a second I was worried that it

almost had one feature who is this for

what kind of person needs to hear about

what colors a device comes in before

they'd even consider hearing about what

it actually does also two of the colors

are black you designed three colors and

two of them are black you couldn't come

up with a third color also I'm sorry

because I know that not everyone is

super comfortable in front of a camera

it's not a skill set everyone has but

maybe you guys should have like hired a

spokesperson or something instead of

letting the world's two sleepiest CEOs

do this product demo the battery booster

Powers a smaller battery inside the main

computer are they okay this thing has

all day battery life that's because it

actually feeds on your life force I've

had mine on for 3 months and you

probably can't even tell the physical

toll it's had on me your engagement com

through your touch voice gesture or the

lasering display wa wait okay holy cow

we have a feature it actually does

something I will admit I was not

expecting that why didn't you lead with

that I mean I don't know what that is or

what it does but at least it's something

it looks futuristic I don't know about

the name laser ink display though that

doesn't sound very futuristic the laser

ink display sounds like a printer it

also comes with its own connectivity

built right in our own Humane Network

connected by T-Mobile our very own

network that is T-Mobile's Network we

were able to pack a lot of Technology

into something really small tell me

about it dude I can barely even count

all the Technologies you put in this

thing you got the laser ink display all

day

battery black is that a technology they

continue for a while just using

buzzwords and vague Expressions to

explain what this thing does until like

3 minutes into the video when they

finally give us a demonstration of

something tangible this thing can do

Play the song how music makes you feel

better

[Music]

doesn't look like it's making him feel

better we've partnered with title which

you get out of the box okay finally we

know one thing it can do it can play

music and not just how you would

normally listen to music either you can

give it Little Riddles to try to figure

out what songs you wanted to play play

music written by Prince but not

performed by Prince give me songs

written by firstborn left-handed British

women who have never been to IA that

weren't released on weekends or holidays

can Alexa do

that I don't know I don't think anyone's

everever tried before got my music

controls if I go to the left I can go

back I was go

down I can pause wow okay that actually

does look a lot more convenient than

using tidle on my phone but only because

I don't have title on my phone after

this we do start to get some truly

incredible demos using this product's

Advanced AI when is the next eclipse

where is the best place to see it the

next total solar eclipse will occur on

April 8th

2024 best places to see it are exmouth

Australia and eastmore huh that's weird

this NASA article says that that Eclipse

that's happening on April 8th is

actually not going to be visible in

Australia it's only going to be visible

from like the US it actually seems like

it's going to be nighttime in Australia

during the eclipse well what are you

going to do I mean they're a technology

company they're not a space company what

would you expect them to know about the

moon they only named all of their colors

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said video how much

protein these almonds have 15 g of

protein great those almonds for sure do

not have 15 g of protein an entire cup

of almonds has 20 G of protein this dude

was holding like nine almonds did I

think he was asking about his whole hand

cuz that actually might be accurate I'm

going to eat

it enjoy it guys I hate to say it but I

don't think your thing works you only

asked it to do a couple things and it

got two of them wrong he does do a demo

where he sends a text later in the video

and that seems to work tell Andrew I'll

be there later tonight but to be fair we

never see the person receive the text I

got a weird text from Imran that just

says learned how to go potty big boy

style interestingly after people started

to realize that all of the information

in this demo was wrong they actually

re-uploaded the video pretending that

the pin gave the correct answer the

entire time how much protein a half a

cup of alond has 15 g of protein don't

believe it that's Humane propaganda the

AI pin allows you to shop in the real

world how much is this online this is

$28

online great buy it that one is super

confusing it doesn't give you any

information on where it's getting that

price where your buying it from when it

will arrive I feel like you need to give

it at least some specifics otherwise

it's definitely going to mess up your

order go ahead and buy this book sending

to Sudan no no send it here you didn't

specify sending to Sudan now if

you're wondering how you can get one of

these things the Prices range from $700

to $800 for the more expensive colors

and are estimated to ship in March of

2024 now you might be thinking the price

of $700 is a little bit high for this

thing but think about it this way what

other product on the market can so

accurately tell you how many grams of

protein aren't in nine almonds okay

they've also got this little short film

about The Human Experience using their

AI pin isn't life about what we

experience what we smell can I eat this

yes dragon fruits are low in sugar what

is this thing my mom can I drink this

not before you finish your vegetables

and say please next

time what did you just call me I

am your PIN young man dude I want to buy

this thing just for that cre I want to

hold every object creature and human in

front of this thing and ask if I can eat

it do do you need something for me can I

eat that analyzing oh uh no you can't

you can't eat me I'm I'm a person so

high fat content detected rude 1 g of

protein detected that can't be right

tiny balls detected all right what the

hell enjoy it yes yummy wait stop no you

cannot eat me I'm a human all right man

who do you do you think I'm going to

trust you or my $700 pin last time I

checked this pin doesn't have tiny balls

this thing tells me what to eat when to

eat it even suggested this very

fashionable outfit I'm wearing today is

that why you're not wearing pants

they're in Sudan what we here hey what

should I get

here what is this interaction who are

those people does he know them man if

he's in a different country where he

doesn't speak the language I would not

trust that pin based on everything we've

seen so far who knows what it's saying

to these

people what we

see capture this dude parents are going

to love that feature me walking around a

park with my AI pin capture this

baby

capture kidnap this child so after

watching all of this I have two thoughts

the first being maybe someday this will

be like a revolutionary product that

changes the way we all interact with

each other maybe we're just seeing some

hiccup now but a few product Generations

down the line this thing is really going

to take off it'll be more refined it

will know where the Moon is but the

second thing is I have a lot of

questions about this product for one how

is this better than the phones we have

now more specifically why can't all of

the features of this thing just be built

into one app in a phone and what if you

don't want to be talking to your chest

every time you need to Google something

or text someone well this thing started

to pick up some traction online and

eventually the founders ended up on CNBC

where the host seem to have a lot of the

same questions doing this right now Sam

Ron chadri he's chairman and president

of the company and Bethany bjo she's the

CEO we're also very scared of them

that's why we sat them as far away from

us as we physically can we actually

ordered this giant table when we found

out they were coming I don't know if can

we get the camera so people can see just

what we're talking about in case Imron

you can't see as much because it's black

so it Blends in with your jacket it's

black imran's just sitting there

like it's Eclipse it's privacy first so

it's not always recorded is actually

just doing things when you want it on

demand is it doing something right now

are you recording this it's doing

nothing right now I get a little sense

of Pride when he says that it's actually

doing nothing right now it's doing

nothing right now after years of

research and millions of dollars spend

we finally designed a pin that does

nothing it's doing nothing right now you

might think that's a bad thing but

you've never met this AI it's evil turn

around maybe you can get that on camera

oh I see your hand yeah

keep can you see that yeah what's that

telling you oh god dude I do feel for

him I mean these people are not like

media trained I feel like they really

should have hired a professional

spokesperson cuz I feel like they're

just so out of their depth he's he's got

like the worst camera angle possible to

show this thing off his hand is shaking

imagine a little alert pops up on the

screen that's like high heart rate

detected is squawkbox the name of the

show I'm not familiar with I never heard

of this before or is this some kind of

jab at their device formal Apple

designers pedal their snake oil Squawk

Box you can use it however you want like

what like what tell me something you

would use that for okay it sounds like

this host is thinking the exact same

thing as me what is it tell me one thing

then they just start like drilling them

they don't even let either of them

finish answering their questions they

just like are bombarding them with a

reasonable questions about this device

that you've got in stuff that you do

just all the time how would I know

without seeing a screen a user LED

called so that's what I want to ask you

about this is brutal man let the poor

guy speak just at least let him finish

answering your questions man I mean he's

not actually going to answer them he's

probably just going to say AI over and

over but just let him finish his

sentence sometimes I'll be in a meeting

right and and I'm sneaking under the

under the desk to look at my email

because that's and I can't say uh Hey

Hey Siri tell me my email I mean that's

actually a really good point the only

way to interact with this device is to

talk to it or to use this weird clunky

laser jet display which I don't even

think you can type on so if you want to

text someone you have to say it out loud

which just does not seem practical at

all so is this device going to

revolutionize technology as we know it

there's probably only one way to find

out and that's that I'm going to have to

buy it and review it when it comes out

so let me know if you guys want me to do

that and maybe I will I hope you guys

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guys next time bye-bye