paul7986

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My Internet adventures/innovations...

- Leech: Pitched a wireless power share prototype on the inventor reality TV show, America's Greatest Maker. Now in Samsung & Pixel phones.

- AI on Keychains: Predicted/blogged that keychains are the best form factor 5 weeks before Zuckerberg unveiled the Muse Charm keychain.

https://ryanspahn.substack.com/p/openais-rumored-speaker-belongs-on

- SpeakerBlast: Invited/demoed to Google ATAP in 2013 to discuss inclusion into the Moto X.

- Invented the first Social Alarm Clock (https://x.com/sleepfm). Justin Bieber later created a social alarm clock & Many others too.

ryanspahn.com (UX / Innovation)

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Comment · 2 days ago
Say what everyone who has an iphone or android phone is also wearing Meta Smart Display glasses? Those are only generation one smart display glasses, they have a lot of improving to do.
Comment · 2 days ago
Gemini is terrible, it's trash especially after downgrading to the free version. I have to prompt it two to three times for it to understand what I am asking it. It seemed better when I was paying for it while it's free competitor models (the other 4) always answer me right away.
Comment · 2 days ago
Or it's controlled by Dr. Evil tho the initial phase of it that's completely and 100% correct so we get sucked in and then Dr. Evil in five or ten years starts manipulating humanity. Sounds not good ... to the point of even evil ;-)
Comment · 2 days ago
When smart glasses get adopted and Ai is always 100% right ... do humans become know it alls with the answer to everything always seen in front of them? Also, how does that change the way we learn in terms of going to school for 13 to 14 years as we do now....
Comment · 3 days ago
Trump's https://America.gov says the same thing. It using Gemini and Grok which both also state the same thing. So cagey, I dont get it?
Comment · 4 days ago
Love to see HN political bot comment graph like if and when there was a surge of them over time (US elections or other countries elections). Like did the Ukraine blowing up Yandex's data center(s) have any effect?
Comment · 4 days ago
omg have the political bots been directed at Hacker News. WTH?
Comment · 14 days ago
Indeed I do too as we have been conversing here :)

Yet i love technology and using it in novels I see many others will be embracing in time too.

Comment · 15 days ago
>The amount of brain power most people use while having a passing conversation is << than the brain power people use while trying to solve a problem, or reason about engineering abstractions.

Ok got it never have a handsfree phone conversation while driving if it involves a lot of brainpower. Which is super subjective and id say talk to chatGPT to create an idea of yours and see if your mind changes on this topic ;). It sounds like you have not talked to conversational AI to create software yet. cheers

Comment · 15 days ago
You think programming still requires a lot of brain power? Definitely not as much as anyone who can talk can create software, iPhone apps, etc, etc.

Recently on a long drive I was working on an AI agent network concept talking it through and after each push to it's repo I would discuss more and prompt it to make more updates. On Wednesday at a bar with 2 unemployed software dev friends they were testing out my dating app Ive been working on in the car/in general. They provided me feedback on the dating app and boom GPT made the updates in less then minute.

"Just because you can___doesn't mean you should," I agree with you, as I wish this didnt exist, but it does and times always change. I'm personally embracing this new change!

Comment · 15 days ago
How so? For safety its the same as hands free phone conversations in the car which is perfectly legal. Also, it's much safer then looking/using phones (that's illegal) while driving, which millions unfortunately do now.

Also, talking and listening to AI for directions is safer where the Ai is like an intelligent person. An example the AI giving you contextual directions like that new mechanic you are looking for is next to your favorite McDonalds in XYZ city or town (provides context to something you're familiar with so you just drive to a familiar place).

Comment · 15 days ago
Enter key? Just talk to the LLM, no enter key needed ;-)

Now anyone who can talk can vibe code apps.

Personally I vibe code apps while driving. I still have to test them once no longer in motion, so im thinking maybe humans are still needed for testing but in a few years or more maybe not?

Comment · 17 days ago
Agreed especially if like me you have used chatGPT voice for awhile. Apple is so behind and Siri is so slow and times out while GPT on my iPhone works 9.5 out of 10 times. Almost 10 out of 10 when driving but while Im hiking with friends and we are talking / brining GPT into our conversations during our hikes it does lose connection (hopefully Starlink Mobile solves this in a year or few).
Comment · 17 days ago
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