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Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @08:42PM (#37683672)
"Would you favor or oppose the government installing surveillance cameras in every household to reduce domestic violence, abuse and other illegal activity"

In the 18-29 age range, 30% said yes.

I agree with your sentiments but we have already lost. You just have to enjoy what we have now because it won't last forever. Someday everyone's entire life will be filmed and watched over by AI. To me, that is absolutely obvious at this point. If that was not going to be the case we wouldn't be where we are now.

Re:First Impressions with GPT-4V(ision) on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @07:41PM (#37683090)
Absolutely, it is the triumph of the generalist.

I would even go further and say the generalist gains a powerful tool belt that previously could not have existed. Not enough hours in the day or years in a lifetime.

Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @07:21PM (#37682845)
The argument is that many people go through the hassle of contact lenses as to not have to wear things on their face.

The bigger problem is that most of reality is just not that interesting. We are already well passed the marginal utility of additional photos/video.

Augmented reality has been right around the corner for many years now. There is obviously all kinds of fundamental flaws with these ideas that those with vested interest pretend do not exist.

Re:Meta Quest 3 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @06:54PM (#37682569)
Yea and everyone is getting in shape from VR too...

These are bogus marketing lines that people puppet back to each other.

I know 20 some kids and not a single one has even the slightest interest in VR.

It is really shocking to me how these kids that can play games all the time have absolutely no interest in VR. It is not uncool or passe, it is just absolutely nothing to them.

It is a niche product that enthusiast oversell because the reality is that most people just don't care.