That Time When ‘Humane’ Felt a Little Less Human
We’ve all grown familiar with tech products promising the moon and stars,aka cutting-edge innovation. Today’s topic, my dear reader, is Humane, a startup that promised an oddball AI-powered assistant – the “AI Pin”. Humane swears the gadget works without the need of any impolite, distracting screens. However, the company, as quiet as a mouse since its birth in 2018, recently admitted to slashing jobs. Ten people, to be exact. Ouch.
Key Points:
- The startup Humane, not wanting to be outdone by the world of AI tech gadgets, announced its AI Pin last year, a wizardly device that operates without the crutch of a screen.
- Humane was sitting on its secret little egg since it hatched in 2018, never once tweeting a peep until it suddenly felt ready to roar about its AI Pin.
- The roar was abruptly followed by a bout of laryngitis, as they humbly announced the layoff of ten employees. This paints a picture that suggests things might not be all sunshine and rainbows over in Humane-land.
Final Thoughts:
In the grand scheme of things, laying off ten employees may not seem like much. But when you look at the company’s lack of transparency and their very late-in-the-game announcement of the AI Pin, things smell a little fishy. Is Humane really the protagonist in our AI-driven novel or merely an antagonist suffering its first of many missteps? Only time will tell. Stay tuned, folks. Until then, don’t put all your AI eggs in the Humane basket just yet.
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https://futurism.com/the-byte/humane-ai-pin-layoffs
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Response: Humane’s AI Pin Promise: From Innovation to Layoffs
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Response: Humane’s AI Pin Promise: From Innovation to Layoffs
