Seriously? Altman & Ives Are At It Again.

Right, so Sam Altman – the guy who broke Twitter and now thinks he’s Steve Jobs – teamed up with Jony Ive (the *other* guy who used to make pretty rectangles) to announce… another fucking device. Surprise surprise. Apparently, they’re building some sort of AI-powered personal gadget. No specifics, naturally. Just a lot of vague talk about “agency” and how it’s going to be “deeply personal.”

The whole thing reeks of hype. They want you to believe this isn’t just another screen in your pocket, but some revolutionary life companion. It’ll probably cost more than my entire server farm, and do slightly less. They’re talking about a new operating system, “Micro,” which is supposed to be super-efficient for AI tasks. Great. Another OS I have to learn because someone decided the existing ones weren’t proprietary enough.

Altman’s OpenAI is throwing money at this, and Ive’s LoveFrom design firm is making it look… expensive. They want Apple veterans involved, because apparently, *that’s* what innovation looks like now: hiring people who already did it once. The Dev Day was mostly a show of force – showing off GPT-4o and trying to convince everyone they need this thing. It’s all very carefully curated bullshit.

Honestly? I predict overpriced, overhyped, and ultimately disappointing. Just what the world needs: another distraction from the impending AI apocalypse *they’re* building. Don’t fall for it.

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-and-jony-ives-ai-device-dev-day/

Related Anecdote: I once had to debug a system that was supposed to automatically order pizza based on user mood detected from their email. It kept ordering anchovy and pineapple pizzas for everyone, because apparently, passive-aggressive emails read as “complex flavor profiles.” This new device? Expect similar levels of competence.

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