Internet of things == internet of trash
Don’t buy shit you cannot own
IoT can be great. The key is, as you pointed out, to actually have personal control over it.
It also has to account for WAF (wife acceptance factor). If it doesn’t fail gracefully to a dumb version of itself, it’s not to be trusted
HP, which is buying the company’s intellectual property for $116 million… Humane was seeking a $1 billion buyout
🤣 🤣 🤣
HP. Now there’s a company with an eye for the future! 🤭
Oh man, they are gonna ruin like 5 people’s day with this.
users will lose access to essentially all of their device’s features, including but not limited to calling, messaging, AI queries and cloud access. The FAQ does note that you’ll still be able to check on your battery life, though.
OK that is just fucking hilarious…People will literally be stuck with a battery monitor which only purpose is to monitor it’s own battery.
I had never heard of it. From wiki
The Ai Pin is a wearable device, meant to be attached to the user’s shirt at chest level. It is a voice assistant and cellular phone, equipped with a camera, and a limited monochrome “screen” that’s projected onto the user’s hand on demand. The user mostly interacts with the device through a small touchpad, and also hand gestures when the projection screen is active.[15]
The Ai Pin has received generally negative reviews, praising its product design but criticizing the limited battery life and how easily the device overheats in just a few minutes.[23][24] The New York Times reported that due to overheating problems, Humane executives would use ice packs to chill the pin before previewing it to investors or partners.[14]
The Verge wrote, “After many days of testing, the one and only thing I can truly rely on the Ai Pin to do is tell me the time.”[23] The review from Inverse stated that it “is slow to answer even basic questions.”[24] Fast Company noted that “Almost everything about the pin was a UX disaster for reviewers.”[25]
What the hell does hp see in this?
* Sigh. I know it’s not the product, I know HP bought the IP. i can’t see how there is any significant IP from this company in development of this product.
Nothing, and that’s why they are shutting it down. You should read the article, HP’s comments on what they get from the acquisition are directly quoted in it.
Seriously?
Ok:
What the hell does hp see in IP in this?
Again, also nothing. Here, I’ll just quote the quote for you.
HP says the acquisition will bring Humane’s “engineers, architects and product innovators” to a new team called HP IQ, which it describes as an “AI innovation lab focused on building an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s products and services for the future of work.”
They don’t care about the IP or the hardware. They wanted the talent.
Again, seriously?
Today’s discontinuation announcement was brought about by the acquisition of Humane by HP, which is buying the company’s intellectual property for $116 million
The article says they bought the IP. For someone so snarky you sure have it wrong. Now with a merger of fucking course you get employees with it, that’s how it works. But Mr snark, the article says they bought it for the IP.
But let’s talk business. Now what’s a cheaper way if you want the employees? You offer them a job. Costs nothing. Most would be happy to take it. How many staff were even left, after the obvious product failure, layoffs, and the best people seeing the writing on the wall and leaving. You’re gonna pay what at least a cool half million per employee? Talk about a finders fee, instead of just offering them a job.
Can’t wait to see how you try to snark your way out of that. I probably won’t respond, not worth it when you act like that.
Didn’t mean to be so snarky mate. Have a good one.
Oh good, more useless e-waste.
[The Humane AI team will form an] AI innovation lab focused on building an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s products and services for the future of work
Hope they like figuring out how to sell printer ink
Me: “Hey, HP Assistant, why is the black-and-white page not printing?”
Printer: “Our cutting edge AI predicitive algorithm forecasts increased yellow ink usage in the future, so please renew your subscription now.”
“It’s like chatgpt but it only prints replies on physical paper so it’s a premium experience, and the ai is expressive so it will use delightfully colorful, full page background images for its replies.”
