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The stupid "AI pin" is exploding in the charging case (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 month ago by EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net
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They're not even doing refunds or recalls, they're just giving people 2 free months of the subscription and telling them to only charge the device and the hotswap add-on batteries with the home charger.

This piece of shit has a 4 hour standby time if you're not using the case to recharge the batteries. Literally unusable.

peppino-ha techbros owned.

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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 35 points 1 month ago

Currently, the company is offering consolation in the form of two free months of its $24 subscription service.

Excuse me a subscription plan for a fucking charger? wtf-am-i-reading

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

The subscription plan is for the whole machine. It becomes a brick if you don't pay them $24 a month. Not just for the cell service that it relies on, but also because the "AI" shit that is its entire raison d'etre is all done on somebody else's computer in a datacenter somewhere.

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

It's an overpriced defunct Siri

$700 for this PLUS subscription fucking tech bros.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Siri does the voice processing on device, I think, so it's actually worse than siri

[-] Hohsia@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

“How could Lenin do that?”

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Some of these models are so small they can run on a phone. My keyboard app has a local lite LM in it lmao. It also runs local voice detection. Imagine paying that much for a paper weight that measures the circumference of your asshole and reports back to the FBI when open source apps handle it locally for free

[-] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

what keyboard app is that

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Its a new app in beta rn. Called Futo Keyboard. Saw it in a post on Lemmy the other day. They also have a voice entry app. All local. Runs very well despite the beta. It picked up on my typing habits very quickly

[-] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Oh it works pretty well, will be good once it gets good support for other languages

[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

It's fine! You subscribe to your very portable incendiary device only until it ignites.

[-] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

nerd : the pin blew up in my face like a Looney tunes contraption and the charger combusted in my pocket but I still love the device!

[-] buh@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

inhumane kelly

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

I remember a lot of talk when it first came out a couple months ago about it getting really hot because it only and always charges inductively while also running a projector

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

We regret to inform you that the Francis Scott Key bridge has collapsed after repair workers attempted to recharge their ~~Samsung Galaxy Note 7~~ Humane AI pins.

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

hell yeah.

P.T. Barnum would be proud.

[-] nasezero@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Exploding like an ACME bomb when prompted into a logical paradox is a feature, actually

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

I like how all the promo pics are of people having it pinned to their chest like it's a star trek comm badge picard

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

That's literally the only way you can use it. It's a pin that goes on your chest so it's mic can hear you and its camera can record everything around you, and it projects some bullshit useless UI onto your hand.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Absurd

[-] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

It's like a smartphone, but get this...

pause for suspence

It's shittier!

shocked-pikachu

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

you know, im having some marks of capital myself

chicanery

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

I'm surprised people are still using it enough to have this problem tbh

[-] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

They probably shove it in the face on anyone they interact with. Unsolicited.

[-] LeniX@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Now we'll have to pin this failure on someone

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Whatever this is I'm sure it'll be good for bitcoin

[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

4 hours of standby time. LOL WTF? My phone can "standby" for over a week yet drained in hours just from scrolling Lemmy.

[-] OrionsMask@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Written by Brian Heater made me laugh.

[-] RION@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Humanecels seething, Rabbitchads stay winning

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

If these just killed techbros I’d be fine. But like Teslas, their defects could impact other people’s lives. Imagine talking to someone and you die because his bazinga pin exploded

[-] Pili@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

We really got the shittiest version of Skynet.

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