People are calling $700 AI gadget the worst piece of tech they've ever used - ... trends now
Reviews are in for a tiny $700 wearable computer, less than 2 square-inches in size, made by two former Apple employees who promised a breakthrough 'iPhone killer.'
And they haven't been kind: Humane's AI Pin has been called 'The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed' garnering low 4-out-of-10 scored from major tech publications.
The device — which is worn on the user's lapel, answers spoken commands via AI, and projects a tiny screen onto their hand — has been criticized for hardware that overheats in just 'a couple of minutes,' AI that delivers 'incorrect answers' and worse.
Now, Humane's employees and engineers have admitted that the AI Pin, which also requires a $24 monthly subscription plan, is 'frustrating sometimes' and that the harsh reviews have been 'honest' and 'solid.'
It's yet to be seen if the public will prefer tapping an object on their chest as opposed to pulling their phone out of their pocket
Some tech industry boosters lashed out at influential YouTuber reviewer "Marques Brownlee, whose negative review of the AI Pin has 3.7 million views, accusing him of 'carelessness' for 'potentially killing someone else's nascent project' with his critique.
But Humane's head of new media, Sam Sheffer, said Brownlee's review, titled ' ,' was 'all fair and valid critiques, both the good and the bad.'
'Feedback is a gift,' Sheffer said, 'We reflect and we listen and we learn and we continue building.'
Brownlee knocked the AI wearable for not only often taking too long to respond to his questions but often returning with wrong answers.
And those software issues were not compensated for by quality hardware: in addition to device overheating issue, he noted that AI Pin's battery life varied oddly between charges and the device's embedded camera yielded low quality images.
Major produce reviewers at Wired, Fast Company and The Verge all gave the device low scores citing similar issues.
Wired added that the projector, designed to beam a futuristic screen onto the palm of
