in tech land theres a whole furor over this AI-powered pin called humane that was universally panned by reviewers for not functioning founder types are getting upset that folks aren't supporting "builders" i think the mistake was the framing and high profile launch
were this not "ex apple employees raise a quarter billion dollars to eliminate the smartphone" the expectations may have not been so sky-high make it a kind of permanent beta product and dont position it as a smartphone killer right out of the gate
@MikeIsaac Tech reviewers haven’t really been a key part of the American tech scene for the 10+ years since most attention on the consumer startup side went to software that you just try for free. Different from the mid-2000’s CNET era
@MikeIsaac the mistake was releasing something that doesn't work tbh
@MikeIsaac Years ago, I wanted to write about how it doesn’t work out well for ex-Apple people who want to start a company and have the same woo-woo mystique that Steve Jobs created. It just doesn’t work out, as we’ve seen more than once, bc the products don’t back it up.
@MikeIsaac Yup, set expectations way too high Humane pulled a No Man's Sky but with hardware
@MikeIsaac Nailed it. I wanted this to work, but the hype was unreal. Either Humane will iterate or someone else will do it better - but I think they were on to something
@MikeIsaac “Safe” failures are less a thing today when almost every startup now trumpets their investors, valuation, hypes up their product etc Being quiet and deliberate take a lot more gumption in the age of wraparound (even LinkedIn) social media posts