@neil @tink in terms of hardware, they are great. The software is shonky, but much better than it used to be.

However you have to believe that meta actually does the right thing with the data. They are no better** or worse than Google or Apple (I’m serious) but that’s not an endorsement.

The real risk is the glasses that have autonomous cm accurate navigation https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXmw_gEoWTM&t=21s

** it’s a long story, but sadly I know the internals of meta quite well.

@neil @tink Interesting piece, thanks for sharing.

@neil @tink "one more thing I need to mention; do not trust Meta AI" and that's when I stopped reading, because we're done at that point. You can't be sure what the hell it's doing...

#ai #llm #glasshole #meta #MetaAI #rayban

@neil It will be interesting when people wearing prescription versions of these have to visit companies with “no phones" policies.

I have had to leave my phone in my car when visiting some companies.

We have a “no phones at your desk unless it is a company phone” policy - various reasons but one of them is contractual with our customers.

@neil @tink My problem with them is how does it determine where you can film and where you can't film?

On the street, fine.. in a shop, well it depends on their policy (likely no), toilets? hard no.

I'm not sure I'd trust people to be sensible with this.

@neil At one time I was the target for this kind of tech.. I've always wanted glasses (or contacts!) that would do things like tell me who I was talking to and where I last met them.

As I've got older I've realized that just can't be realized without massive privacy violations - especially when the companies developing them have a vested interest. It's a pity.. I still want the tech, but can't support it.

@neil It does give me something to talk to our DPO and InfoSec team about next week.

@neil They're fairly pro the glasses.. more than most people I've seen review it.

It would have been nice to have some discussion of the issues with giving meta that level of access to your life, and the cost of the glasses.