• fer0n@lemm.eeOP
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    1 year ago

    Just to clarify:

    The Pin isn’t always recording or even listening for a wake word, instead requiring you to manually activate it in some way. It has a “Trust Light,” which blinks on whenever the Pin is recording.

    Might not make a difference for people as long as it’s pointing at them and could be recording, but you made it sound like it always is. I also don’t find it desirable in any way, especially with that subscription price tag.

    I do get the idea of having a different device form factor for an AI device, but I don’t think we’re there yet for what AI can do. Still interesting through.

    And what Facebook TV/camera device are you talking about? The Quest 3? Or Ray ban glasses?

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      1 year ago

      So, it’s like the badge from Star Trek you can tap to activate in order to talk to your shipmates or the computer. Except without the…y’know…ability to access a teleporter or do anything remotely interesting or meaningful.

      K.

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      1 year ago

      Yea that’s fair, it doesn’t live stream everything back to its home base. I meant it more for the second bit you mentioned :)

      Also for the Facebook TV, I think I mixed up the Facebook Portal (which you connect to your TV) with this “Free” TV that tracks you and shows you ads constantly:

      https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/double-screen-free-tv-will-show-you-ads-even-when-not-in-use/

      Both are bad, but the second one looks worse