Sport This Hilarious AI Companion Around Your Collarbone!

“Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck”

“Now, a new product, called Companion, aims to make AI more accessible by putting it on a wearable pendant,” reports the original article. Just what we’ve all been yearning for, right? After all, who wouldn’t want a dexterous piece of AI gadgetry suspended around their necks?

This groundbreaking invention is dubbed “Companion,” which seeks to democratize and popularize AI. Not only can our phones listen in on every word we speak, consequently influencing our shopping habits, but now we also have a shiny new toy on our necks. If the goal is to have AI listening in on every word, then why not just implant it directly into our brains? Oh wait, because that level of technology just isn’t quite there yet.

According to Companion developers, the wearable AI device isn’t like the existing Alexa or Siri. Because when one thinks about privacy concerns, a constant listening device on one’s person is precisely what comes to mind. Evidently, the modus operandi is that it doesn’t send anything to the cloud – it listens and reacts locally. What a relief. Because the concept of AI units eavesdropping on personal conversations is quite a comforting thought.

Despite the sarcasm dripping from this post, the Companion does promise cool features. Its integration with home automation systems gives you the power to command your technology kingdom with unprecedented ease. Depending on how you perceive technology advancements, this could either be terrifying or exhilarating.

To be candid, can’t resist the temptation to praise the dedicated group of engineers who made this concept a reality. A technological marvel though it is, it certainly doesn’t ease privacy anxieties.

The creators say the device may become a veritable “friend” to users. Friendship, it seems, has been redefined by a new bar set by artificial intelligence— a digital buddy that, rather than taking you to grab some cold brew coffee, helps plan your day in cataclysmic detail and also bombards you with interesting ‘Did you know?’ trivia.

To wrap things up, thank you, Companion, for creating this innovative piece of wearable AI. For those who find it incredibly strenuous to reach out for their phone to use Siri or Alexa, your neck can now bear the burden. The pendulum of technological advancements continues to swing, and we cannot wait to see which essential life void AI will fill next.

In the meantime, our most private, inane conversations will be a little less private. But hey, at least the weather updates will be accurate!

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/friend-ai-pendant/