Can you imagine working at such a cold, brutalist tech company? Devoid of any color or perceptible emotion or excitement? I think it says a lot about the character of the types of people who would give money to a venture like this. Probably brought up in uncaring, unloving homes themselves and now they feel it is their duty to inflict the harshness of their souls onto the rest of the world.
If there's anything about their work atmosphere I've gleamed from seeing employees talk about the company over the past few months it's quite the opposite of a cold, brutalist tech company. It's cult-like if anything. They've been acting way too impressed by their own product, and now that it's out and reviews have panned it, they tweet about how we all need to be more "optimistic about the future" and similar handwaving. It takes real faith-like buy-in to be shipping something like this and not feel totally embarrassed.
wow it looks horrible. did their "AI" got the eclipse location wrong? April 8th was over NA but the AI said that the ideal location was in Australia?
The interaction is awful. you have to touch it to operate it via voice commands? that means you cant use it in public. There's also a notification light? how is someone wearing it on their chest supposed to see that? I dont think this is a scam for the consumer, because no one in their right minds is going to watch this and want one. They are just cashing in on the AI crazy happening right now.
Yeah, that video infamously had mistakes of it telling him the wrong location to view the eclipse, as well as saying a handful of almonds had WAY more protein than it should have.
There were more than a few “Wait a sec, that’s really hard to do” light bulbs that popped into my head watching that.
I wonder if the result is more of a product management/focus failure than a technical one? Perhaps the outcome would have been better if they had just picked one or two hard problems instead of trying to make the everything device right at launch.
iamleppert|1 year ago
hbn|1 year ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyPxwp3SxdU
If there's anything about their work atmosphere I've gleamed from seeing employees talk about the company over the past few months it's quite the opposite of a cold, brutalist tech company. It's cult-like if anything. They've been acting way too impressed by their own product, and now that it's out and reviews have panned it, they tweet about how we all need to be more "optimistic about the future" and similar handwaving. It takes real faith-like buy-in to be shipping something like this and not feel totally embarrassed.
aledalgrande|1 year ago
That doesn't sound Humane. (sorry, I'll see myself out)
ketchupdebugger|1 year ago
The interaction is awful. you have to touch it to operate it via voice commands? that means you cant use it in public. There's also a notification light? how is someone wearing it on their chest supposed to see that? I dont think this is a scam for the consumer, because no one in their right minds is going to watch this and want one. They are just cashing in on the AI crazy happening right now.
hbn|1 year ago
ungreased0675|1 year ago
I wonder if the result is more of a product management/focus failure than a technical one? Perhaps the outcome would have been better if they had just picked one or two hard problems instead of trying to make the everything device right at launch.