Amazon acquires Bee, the AI wearable that records everything you say

[Granny Blue]

20. Hard of Hearing here, and I just bought something similar

As I enter late stage deafness, I am finding speech very difficult to understand. I am missing words, and the brain guesses and fills in what it thinks it hears. Sometimes, the results are hilarious, but in other situations, it can be dangerous. Another factor is “listening fatigue”. The brain gets tired of working so hard to hear and understand speech and simply tunes out. This is a recipe for senility!

I grabbed this device because there is no AI, no app, and data transmission is completely wireless. It sits on the same wrist as my watch/activity tracker, its completely visible, I will explain it honestly when I need to turn it on. My doctors will be very comfortable knowing that I will clearly understand their instructions going forward. I can plug it in to my very secure computer and generate transcripts.

I think the problem is really the ubiqity of AI and the lack of any privacy regulations. I hope this will let me maintain my independence and make life less stressful. I just want to present another opinion on the usefulness of such a gadget!

I hope someday to carry a device like a star wars translator, which would instantaneously create transcripts with no AI or network on a screen. Dream on, right?