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> Ai Pin will still allow for offline features like battery level

> https://support.humane.com/hc/en-us/articles/34243204841997-...

The only feature they could think of was “battery level”? That’s hilarious

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Direct link to the FAQ entry:

https://support.humane.com/hc/en-us/articles/34243204841997-...

I like that it says “battery level, etc”. I’d really like to see the full list of features.

I think it might be the list.

I think so too. Which only makes me want to see it even more. An admission that there is nothing else.

if it is doing battery level, I guess it is also doing power on, and leds. It doesn't say it does charging anymore, so maybe it does battery level until it goes to 0?

Pretty sure it will let you buy a new ink cartridge too.

It’s like the Rick and Morty bit about the butter bot.

“What is my purpose?”

“You say your battery level.”

“Oh my God.”

At least the butter bot does something useful. This is more like a machine who's only function is to turn itself off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useless_machine

I interviewed with more than one corp chatbot maker and punchline would be "You answer leave policy questions".

At least the butter bot has some utility to someone.

That's emblematic of their entire business arc.

"What's the most pointless matter-of-fact thing we could say/do in any given situation, just for the sake of the checkmark of having said/done it?"

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