OPINION : After month of attend videos and teasers about the AI - powered pin , I in conclusion set out to see the Humane AI Pin for myself at MWC 2024 . It ’s an unbelievable feat of engineering that ’ll in all probability find its ecological niche in a growing smartphone accessory market , but this is n’t , as some have suggested , the replacement for the smartphones we know and love .
TheHumane AI Pinis an interesting concept ; it ’s a square - ish credit card pin that sits on your chest , magnetically seize to your triiodothyronine - shirt like theInsta 360 Go 3action Cam River to avoid making golf hole , of course of study . It looks largely unassuming , available in a smattering of colour pick , but things get interesting once you wake it up .
I ’d like to think of the Humane AI Pin as Google on your chest – though I ’m not sure Google would appreciate that doctrine of analogy – as it utilise on - machine GenAI capability to furnish you with information in a colloquial manner , much like you ’d ask from the likes ofChatGPTand Google ’s own Gemini assistant .
It can handle ecumenical cognition queries , currency changeover – with one demo at the show get a changeover from US Dollars to Euros without telling the Pin where we were in the world – and like a growing bit of GenAI role model , it can handle real - prison term displacement too , though there was still quite a delay between speaking and translating in my MWC demonstration that would stilt an actual bi - linguistic conversation .
There ’s even a work up - in camera that can be spark off by a water tap of the touchpad or controlled via voice input , provide a more born elbow room to capture photos and videos without pore on your telephone . It ’s an idea that works exceptionally well on theRay - Ban Meta Glasses , and I gestate people to appreciate it just as much here .
The most Sci - fi face of the Pin , for me , is its projection capabilities . Using a make - in system of rules , it can project dim-witted computer graphic like prison term , battery animation and other selective information to the medallion of your hand if it ’s position correctly in front of the Pin .
Frankly , it ’s not that great . It prompt me a set of theOppo Air Glass 2 wise glassesI used at MWC last year , complete with canonical nontextual matter and a single green colour , which makes it less than idealistic to , say , preview that exposure you just took,.but I conceive of this is something that ’ll ameliorate drastically as tech gets pocket-size and more powerful .
So , yes , the Humane AI Pin is cool – very cool , in fact – but it wo n’t be replacing the modest smartphone anytime before long , if ever .
element like a conversational chat assistant and a built - in tv camera are very handy , but even with good ejection technology , I ca n’t see many people ditching the spectacularly in high spirits - re screens and able cameras that most innovative smartphones have for something like that .
Instead , I foresee a future where the two are used in connective with one another ; the Humane AI Pin for basic queries , quick phone birdcall and snaps , while a phone continues to be the ‘ main ’ machine for most .
Of course , I could be totally wrong . We could be point towards a Star Trek communicator - expressive style humankind and I ’m just a bit of a Luddite , but I doubt it .
