WesternInfidels comments on Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 32 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

...users can query Siri about, like asking the AI assistant what they should cook with the ingredients they have in front of them ... may also use the cameras to help with things like turn-by-turn directions.

Those are some pretty underwhelming use-cases. I can't see the world beating a path to anyone's door for that. Even if you were so excited about these features that you were willing to overlook the privacy concerns, it seems like the phone you've already got would probably be just fine as a conduit for such services.

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[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Take a picture of your fridge with a better angle than your ears have.

Use GPS.

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[–] vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Done. I held up my GPS-enabled smart phone I paid $50 for 10 years ago to my eye line, better yet I was able to get a real-time preview of the angle of the picture to ensure everything's in shot.

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[–] parson0@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago

Surely it will all run on the phone anyway

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[–] Airfried@piefed.social 7 points 5 months ago

And if we're not ignoring the privacy concerns these use cases are definitely not worth putting everyone in front of you under this form of surveillance for a US tech giant and ultimately the US government. The price for society to pay is way too high.

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[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

If your phone is too much of a pain to get out of your pocket, surely a watch or bracelet is a better form factor for this.

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago

Well yeah but they've already reached saturation with their watches so now they need a new product to sell you

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[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah. But mind that the bulk price of mediocre cameras is insignificant next to the sales price of AirPods.

I think the idea is that people can walk around and chat with their AI companion, and it sees what they see. No need for any fussing about with hardware. That's exactly Apple's thing. Effortless technology for people who don't want to deal with the mechanics of technology.

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