# ▶️ Humane AI Pin Review • The Verge

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2024-04-11
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2024/04/11/humane-ai-pin-review-the-verge/
- Categories: essay, ai
- Tags: ai, ai-pin, gadgets, humane, reviews, technology

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<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Written words if that's your jam</a>, like me.</p>
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<p>There are all the signs of a first generation product. However, I must admit that the industrial design is appealing for a gadget. The slowness is very much expected and it is <em>fascinating</em> to see how this breaks. For example, when <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">David</a> asks it to play a song:</p>
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> Sometimes it works fine! Way more often, I have interactions like this one:
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> * Me: “Play ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ by Beyoncé.”
> * The AI Pin: “Songs not found for request: Play Texas Hold ’Em by Beyonc\u00e9. Try again using your actions find a relevant track, album, artist, or playlist; Create a new PlayMusic action with at least one of the slots filled in. If you find a relevant track or album play it, avoid asking for clarification or what they want to hear.”

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<p>That suggests to me that they are using some combination of prompts and likely some translations into actions. A part of me is <em>impressed</em> at the gumption to duct tape this into a launch. OTOH, I am surprised by Humane. <a href="https://humane.com/story" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Bethany and Imran</a> seem serious people attempting to realize the next generation of user experiences and this feels unpolished. I count the following systems:</p>
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<li>A client and back end (likely Humane built)</li>
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<li>An orchestration system that determines what the right next steps for processing are</li>
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<li>A voice -> prompt converter</li>
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<li>a GPT / LLM connector to process voice and/or prompt</li>
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<li>play audio</li>
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<li>add a task</li>
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<li>set a reminder</li>
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<li>etc.</li>
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<li>provide a response back to the user</li>
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<li>response -> voice generator</li>
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<p>So, the delay isn't surprising and in fact, if it's even remotely connected to my 101 design, the response time is to expected. I am curious if their assumption is that those individual delays are going to all be sub 250ms one day and how closely matched those times are to their own runway.</p>
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<p>Interesting experiment and I am curious to see this juxtaposed against the Rabbit R1 experiment. The AI gadget race is just getting started. </p>
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