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The stupid "AI pin" is exploding in the charging case (techcrunch.com)
submitted 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months ago

It's an overpriced defunct Siri

$700 for this PLUS subscription fucking tech bros.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Hohsia@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

“How could Lenin do that?”

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months 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 5 months ago

what keyboard app is that

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months 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 5 months ago

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

[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months 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 5 months ago

inhumane kelly

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months ago

hell yeah.

P.T. Barnum would be proud.

[-] nasezero@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

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

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months ago

Absurd

[-] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

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

pause for suspence

It's shittier!

shocked-pikachu

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

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

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

you know, im having some marks of capital myself

chicanery

[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 5 points 5 months 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 5 months ago

Written by Brian Heater made me laugh.

[-] RION@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

Humanecels seething, Rabbitchads stay winning

[-] LeniX@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Now we'll have to pin this failure on someone

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

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

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months 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 5 months ago

We really got the shittiest version of Skynet.

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