Would you be surprised to find out that the facebook "smart" glasses have been outsourcing the video for review and processing to Nairobi?
Wealthy people once lived with vast staffs who cooked and cleaned for them, and who often knew intimate details of the lives of the powerful.
Now we have found a way for the rich to outsource ... thinking. Off-load mental work to minds half way around the world. We are suppose to pretend AI is doing this work.
I can't help but think about how this tech might be used in better ways. What if instead of secretly sending the video off so that some person making next to nothing can identify the milk carton in the fridge or your brand of underwear...
What about a pair of glasses that were paired that would let you show someone how to do a task by projecting a wire-frame of your body in the same orientation as yours over theirs?
All while talking to each other?
@futurebird The “Be My Eyes” and similar apps had me thinking about an app that connects, say, seniors who would like to talk with people trying to learn their language, so that the older person can chat with their partner while showing them what everyday life is like in their country and provide real-time opportunities for the learner to ask questions and associate words with objects better.
So like calling up your abuela-from-afar to talk with her while she makes dinner.
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