For those out there who want to embrace
their panopticon slavery here is the newest hi-tech leash:
I'm not saying it's not a cool gadget.
It is totally cool – especially the translator feature. But those
are just the selling points. I love the way that these guys assure us
that “The device only activates upon user engagement and does not
employ ‘wake words’, ensuring it is not always listening or
recording.”
Uh huh, I'm sure it's totally not
always listening or recording while it takes pictures of your
friends, family, and the food you are eating.
I have made the
case many times on this blog that AI and chatbots are evil and that
they lie on a regular basis. But now you are going to trust these
little demons to scan your emails and tell you which ones are
important and which are not? The goal is to eventually let AI do all
your thinking and decision making for you. Welcome to the new hive
mind.
The price is $699 (just flip the nines) and then 24
dollars a month. At a time when people are having a difficult time
buying groceries or paying their rent, the cost alone could be
prohibitive for the masses. But remember when DVD players were $1000
when they first came out? I think you can pick one up now for $30.
Also, if the device is compromised you have to send it back
to Humane to get it fixed. Yeah, because that always works out well
for the consumer.
As this article points out, “The tech
industry has a large graveyard of wearable products that have failed
to catch on.” So I guess we can just wait and see.
If it does catch on, I'm sure they will find a way to connect it to
your bank account.
Take care out there.
9 comments:
price is $699 (just flip the nines)
It's 666, they just needed to acknowledge that other group
So they added the Ever Popular
33...
Lol! I didn't even think of that! Thanks for pointing it out Justin!
I'm not always here, but when I am, I'm here to help..
Usually
Not only NO, but hell NO! I don't wear or carry anything that tracks me. You are right about it being a stepping stone to wearing the internet(AI) on your wrist. An internet that will do your thinking, be a nanny and makes decisions for you. If I need an expert opinion, I will just ask myself. That is why they keep trying to push these useless electronic baubles on us hoping if they throw enough stuff(junk) at us something will stick. To track us, then they don't need prison or concentration camps and a warden or guards. We are our own prison...
yeah - who needs a prison when you can have geo-fencing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo-fence
If the thing is listening for "wake words," it's ALWAYS listening... How else will it know a "wake word" has been spoken? The guy says there aren't any "wake words," and in the next breath says the thing can be "engaged" by the user's voice! And when it's "NOT listening," there's nothing to keep it from doing whatever else it's designed to do... Whatever that is...
This is truly "mark of the beast" stuff...
NO-NO-NO-NO-NO!
NO...WAY!!!
The most important question always is who funded the manufacture of it
it took a little digging but Google and Microsoft to name a few.
Yeaaaaaah…I’d rather skydive with no reserve or dive with great white sharks.
I’m all set.
If they wanna apply technology…
Perhaps find away of getting rid of Guards.
Ask yourself…
Why would anyone but a Sadistic, Power Seeking, Socio-Path closet case Sexual Predator have a gig like that?
“I needed a job” is not allowed.
Go!
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