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> These are impressive in that we did not have software that could do these sorts of things a few years ago, but they are functionally useless examples. I disa

> These are impressive in that we did not have software that could do these sorts of things a few years ago, but they are functionally useless examples. I disagree. Here's a thing I'd like to do that I can't do today: I go out for a 15 minute walk. I turn my device on. When I get back, I have a text file about my walk annotated with what I saw, landmarks, weather, perhaps an unusual car, and what I bought at the coffeeshop, all taken from the camera alone. That's useful, doesn't exist now, but could exist in the future, using technology like this.

danpalmer 3y ago
I'm interested in what your use-case is. I understand the feature request, but I don't understand why a text file of those things is something I'd want. I think there are some very interesting accessibility use-cases here, but that's not how the tech is being pitched.
- runsfromfire 2y ago
  personally, i’d love this, as long as i know everything is staying local and not being sold/shared for a profit. i regularly find myself thinking things like “what movie was i talking about with that guy in the gym?” or “what did i tell my wife we needed to get at the drug store?” while i have gotten into a habit of keeping a long running note in my phone, there are still lots of blind spots in my memory that leave these fragmented mini-mysteries. having a machine that i could ask “what was that song playing in the supermarket i wanted to download?” and get a useful answer would be a huge boon in my life, if only to quiet the anxiety of leaving these threads hanging in my mind.
  - julianeon 2y ago
    Fwiw, “what did i tell my wife we needed to get at the drug store?” is actually our household's main use case for Amazon Alexa. Granted, you have to be home for that, but "Alexa add pickles to the shopping list" is something we're all accustomed to saying now, to the device in the kitchen. Then whoever does the shopping checks that list whenever they go out.

danpalmer 3y ago

I'm interested in what your use-case is. I understand the feature request, but I don't understand why a text file of those things is something I'd want. I think there are some very interesting accessibility use-cases here, but that's not how the tech is being pitched.

runsfromfire 2y ago
personally, i’d love this, as long as i know everything is staying local and not being sold/shared for a profit. i regularly find myself thinking things like “what movie was i talking about with that guy in the gym?” or “what did i tell my wife we needed to get at the drug store?” while i have gotten into a habit of keeping a long running note in my phone, there are still lots of blind spots in my memory that leave these fragmented mini-mysteries. having a machine that i could ask “what was that song playing in the supermarket i wanted to download?” and get a useful answer would be a huge boon in my life, if only to quiet the anxiety of leaving these threads hanging in my mind.
- julianeon 2y ago
  Fwiw, “what did i tell my wife we needed to get at the drug store?” is actually our household's main use case for Amazon Alexa. Granted, you have to be home for that, but "Alexa add pickles to the shopping list" is something we're all accustomed to saying now, to the device in the kitchen. Then whoever does the shopping checks that list whenever they go out.