So… five minutes before I hit record today, I did something I’ve never done before: I pre-ordered a piece of tech that hasn’t even been made yet. Yep, I dropped $299 USD on a pair of Halo glasses from a startup called Brilliant Labs.

Why? Because the potential of these open-source AI glasses absolutely blows my mind.

In this episode, I riff on:

• Why I skipped my usual “wait for reviews” approach and jumped in early
• All the cool use cases I’m excited about—from hands-free directions to instant meeting recaps
• How they could change my day-to-day life (and free me from constant phone scrolling)
• The very real risks: privacy, memory atrophy, and whether people will trust conversations when I’m wearing them
• The bigger implications: what it means for memory, consciousness, and even being human

It’s part Black Mirror, part life hack—and I can’t wait to try them out when they ship later this year.

🎧 Hit play to hear why I’m both wildly excited and slightly freaked out about living with AI glasses.

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