Parents.
> All the marketing material on Google's site seemed to be aimed towards a family oriented theme.
That's not accidental.
> Have you ever thought, "oh, let's take a few photos while we make cookies in the POV of the kitchen table"...?
Not that specifically, but, as a parent of a young child, I have thought “I wish I had a camera that I could basically place and forget” quite a lot.
I'm skeptical about the AI choosing good shots to capture, but if it's even remotely good at that, I suspect it will do pretty well.
A lot of fun stories while baking cookies and other mundane household chores when you have pets and kids.
EDIT: I won't buy this at this price point, but definitely get it at $150.
It's also probably very good for going out with your friends. It's always a pain in the arse to take out your camera/phone, interrupt whatever people are doing and have them pose for pictures. If this captures good pictures, it would be so much better.
Re privacy, I don't know if you check every line of source code in every app you've got installed on your PC/devices. If you don't, they could be capturing all the data they can and sending it over to big brother.
Has anyone needed something that is "candid" but also "not candid" (because you placed the camera there...)?
Maybe if they targeted sports, or security it'll make more sense?