We live in an age where the tech industry's core pitch is for you to outsource your brain's cognitive functions, be it to an AI chatbot or an app.
The idea has now reached a new zenith. A startup called Halo is releasing a pair of smart glasses that will record and transcribe all your conversations and use it to beam you AI-powered insights. It'll remember details you forgot and recall what someone told you they like, the startup says, arming you with facts it looks up on the fly and answering questions you don't know the answer to so you can look like a genius.
In other words, it'll make you smarter — or at least make you appear smarter, even if you're actually a dolt — its Harvard dropout creators claim.
"Our goal is to make glasses that make you super intelligent the moment you put them on," AnhPhu Nguyen, co-founder of Halo, told TechCrunch.
His cofounder Caine Ardayfio called the glasses, dubbed Halo X, the "first real step towards vibe thinking."
Yes, vibe thinking.
For those out of the loop, using "vibe" is the hip lingo in tech circles for saying "AI-assisted." Many have recently embraced describing their heavy use of AI tools for programming as "vibe coding." You let loose, spitball ideas to an AI, and go with the algorithmically-determined flow.
In an interview with Futurism, Ardayfio said he's seen more evolution and productivity in his coding workflows than ever before because of AI.
Our gray matter is next.
"I think that we can make a similar development and like a similar evolution for actual thinking," Ardafio told Futurism. "I think that with an AI assistant constantly helping you, you can become way smarter. You'll know everything. You'll have all of the facts at your disposal."
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