At large, the answer is obviously no, but there's been a lot of discourse around Humane’s Ai Pin and Marques Brownlee’s review of it. Let's go over what the product is, the power of social media and/or lack thereof, and my thoughts on the Ai Pin.

Chapters

0:00 - Intro to Ai Pin discourse

0:31 - Intro to MKBHD discourse  

1:14 - The three public reactions

1:57 - Back Market partnership 

2:46 - What is Humane? 

3:27 - What is Ai Pin? 

5:10 - Critiques about the hardware

5:41 - Critiques about the software

6:38 - Praises about the hardware

7:00 - Praises about the software 

7:39 - Ai Pin v1 vs iPhone v1 

8:23 - Should people buy Ai Pin?

8:46 - Those taking MKBHD’s title too literally

10:49 - Those who believe MKBHD went too far

17:25 - Those who are like damn, but there’s still potential

19:34 - Pressure on Humane

20:24 - My experience owning Ai Pin

24:02 - The outlook I find most important

24:48 - Outro

My interview with the Humane founders: https://youtu.be/3AU5WuMZQ-8

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FEATURED MEDIA

What is Ai Pin: https://youtu.be/9lNIwOOMVHk

Ai Pin Handbook: https://youtu.be/NyPxwp3SxdU

This is Humane Ai Pin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNIwOOMVHk

MKBHD review: https://youtu.be/TitZV6k8zfA

MKBHD - Do bad reviews kill companies: https://youtu.be/QztFpzKsdeA

MKBHD - Worst car he’s ever reviewed: https://youtu.be/6xWXRk3yaSw

MKBHD - First review video: https://youtu.be/9gk_rl3y_SU

WVFRM Podcast review: https://youtu.be/X4myH76d44M

Colin and Samir interview MKBHD: https://youtu.be/UwDwizVsUG8

The Verge review: https://youtu.be/_w1vv7_dU2Y

Mrwhosetheboss review: https://youtu.be/0O2yTG3n1Vc

Sam Shaffer Humane coverage: https://youtu.be/hlJxWpsuChk

NBTJacklyn review: https://youtu.be/ocJ_yw8MNaQ

Canopy review: https://youtu.be/98CLtRQqSwY

CNET review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDW6mJ_qFq4

MrMobile review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANeTAHyWn0s

Imran Chaudhri TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMsQO5u7-NQ

Humane founders CNBC appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV9nYeccmoQ

Ai Pin explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzjwKc78Kt0