For years, tech companies have been on a mission to create a wearable that will “kill”—or replace—the smartphone. The reasons for this are manifold but, in general, the idea has been to usher in the next “it” device, one that will prove as ubiquitous and indispensable as the phone while also surpassing it in terms of convenience and capability. This has often led to inventions that make computing much more in your face .
” Reports have shown that this has been one of the espoused goals of the Humane team: to do away with—or at least drastically reduce—a user’s screen time. That said, when I first read about the AI pin, it sorta seemed to me like Chaudri and Bongiorno had just re-invented the experience of having a dumb phone, albeit with the integration of a data-collecting surveillance device that never shuts off. But the pin promises to be much more than a way to make and receive calls.