I was recently gifted a pair of AI glasses. This is not the kind of purchase I would make for myself. But since I now own a pair, I saw this as an ...
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Cool experiment - but no, I wouldn't buy them :-)
(I remember when "VR" was cool, so these would have been "VR glasses" - but now it's got to be "AI" in/on everything, whether we like it or not)
True! AI replaced VR glasses ... haha
I am curious to know which AI wearable will break through, if any will. There are talks about the AI Pin.
The "AI Pin" - I wouldn't hold my breath:
"It received poor reviews for being unreliable and slow. "
"The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed"
"The Humane AI Pin is no more"
"Humane's AI Pin is no more and owners are left with nothing"
Apparently it was an epic failure - it was a bold and innovative idea, but probably ahead of its time (read: the execution wasn't as great as the concept) ...
Oh wow, not great.
Interesting, probably ahead of its time as you say. Apple has reported that it is working on their version of the Pin with a potential release in 2027.
honestly the thing i'd worry about is dependency creep. the friction of switching to a tab to ask AI is just enough to make you think "can i solve this myself first". kill that friction and you might get faster, but you're also outsourcing more of the actual problem-solving. did you notice yourself reaching for it on things you'd normally just push through?
That is a really good point. It's important to avoid outsourcing your learning too much. I haven't tested this enough yet to reach any concrete observations yet. I will keep experimenting and let you know how it goes.
curious what you find. my heuristic has become: if i'm using AI to avoid thinking, that's the warning sign. if i'm using it to think faster once i already know what i'm doing, that's fine. the line moves a lot depending on how tired i am tbh
Agree. That's a fair and pragmatic approach to AI usage, speed up/automate what you already know/repetitive tasks.
yeah exactly, that clicked for me once I started using it for the boring glue code I already knew how to write anyway. the parts where I still need to actually think - I keep AI out of that loop tbh, otherwise I just end up reviewing generated code I barely understand
Intriguing post Julien!
The uses you've described for these glasses are something I think I would enjoy.
I think like you wouldn't have bought it yourself but since someone gifted them so you made them useful in your own way, I wouldn't mind going down that road.
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Thanks Aryan!
Indeed, I would definitely not have bought them myself but I want to make use of them now haha
Wow! AI glasses look so fun. But I’m already worried everyone will use them to cheat on tests in the future. 🤓
hehe they definitely should not be allowed in exam rooms IMO
The ergonomics problem you hit is real and I don't think it gets talked about enough.
The friction of switching context — look at screen, look at code, think, look at screen again — adds up in a way that's hard to measure but definitely affects flow. It's the same reason external monitors improve productivity for most people. The question is whether the AI glasses reduce that friction or add a different kind of it.
What was the latency like between asking a question and getting a useful response? That's probably the bottleneck that determines whether the form factor actually works.
The latency is similar to a phone voice assistant. In my case it was on average 200 ms for basic responses.
I would use the glasses to analyze and summarize research papers and documentation for a day or two. Thank you for the interesting read.
That would be a good use case by leveraging the seamless image capture of long format papers, while reading.