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Humane AI Pin is a disaster: Founders already want to sell the company (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Despite seemingly having nothing else in the pipeline and the AI Pin being dead on arrival, Bloomberg reports the company is "seeking a price of between $750 million and $1 billion in a sale."

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Who would have guess that another overpriced solution to a non existent problem that no one wants would have been a commercial failure ....

We are in a capitalist dystopia. We could be using AI to predict energy usage and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, or help in discovering new protein folds ... but no ... Timmy wants to look like a cool futuristic dude and he's willing to pay $600 to look cooler than his peers

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We could be using AI to predict energy usage and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels

That's happening

or help in discovering new protein folds

That too.

There's always been barnacles on the ship of progress. That doesn't mean it's only barnacles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

"barnacles in the ship of technology"

I really like that one. Very well put

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

these people live in a delusion, chasing star trek fantasies while the general population can barely afford rent. we are truly due for the chickens to come home to roost.

i just hope a lot of innocent animals don't get hurt in the process.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Surely the Star Trek fantasy is doing the above stuff. Star Trek is all about how money doesn't exist in the future

The problem is they're not creating a Star Trek future

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah their videos were what everyone wants but their actual product was way more clumsy and primitive. Technology isn't there yet for what these guys were trying to make.