Mastering Augmented Perception with Ray-Bans Live AI: Revolutionizing Reality in Real-Time
The Elusive Art of Asking the Right Questions: A Journey with Meta AI
As I slip on my Meta Ray-Ban glasses with the new Live AI feature, I’m preparing for a four-hour road trip to my in-laws for Christmas. My stomach is growling, and I’m 99.9% certain I’ll have no brain cells to concoct an edible breakfast at 5 AM. I open the fridge door and say, "Hey Meta, start Live AI." Suddenly, John Cena’s voice is in my ear, telling me that a Live AI session has begun.
"What breakfast can I make with the ingredients in my fridge?" I ask.
The fridge contents are a sad sight – month-old Thanksgiving leftovers, eggs, soda, condiments, Greek yogurt, and maple syrup. Meta-AI-as-John-Cena replies that I can make a "variety of breakfast dishes," such as "scrambled eggs, omelets, or yogurt parfaits."
But, let’s be real, there’s no fresh fruit for a parfait, and the egg carton has only two eggs. My stomach rumbles, reminding me I skipped lunch. I bail on the breakfast idea and instead open the freezer door, asking what kind of dinner I can make with the ingredients inside. It’s mostly frozen pizzas, veggies, and hamburger buns. I’m told, "frozen meals, stir-fries, and casseroles."
I decide to order in for dinner. It’ll be a drive-through breakfast on the road.
The Biggest Recurring Problem: Asking the Right Questions
And herein lies the biggest recurring problem I have with AI: you have to know how to ask the right questions to get the answer you want. I could’ve saved myself some grief if I’d just told Meta AI, "I want to hang artwork in my room. Based on what’s currently here, what artists should I look into?" This skill comes naturally to some folks, but for the rest of us, it’s a skill that has to be learned – and few people are teaching us AI noobs how to rewire our brains to best make use of this tech.
The Philosophical and Practical Issues
Live AI has other issues outside of the philosophical ones. It struggles to differentiate when you’re talking to it versus someone else in the room. At one point, it straight up lied and said it’d witnessed me feed my cat when I hadn’t. (It’d been confused by my spouse saying they’d fed the kitties.) It also only works in 30-minute windows before the battery runs out. That means you have to be intentional in how you use it – a hard thing to do when there are few obvious use cases.
The Vision vs. Reality
I’m not against Live AI. The overarching vision is for all of us to be like Tony Stark, wearing cool glasses with their own little Jarvises in them. When you’re being hand-held through controlled demos, that future feels both inevitable and magical. It’s just that the fantasy starts to crack when you’re left to explore on your own. And once that happens, nine out of 10 times, you’re going to reach for your phone.
The End
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