You Don’t Need AI to Cook Sauce—But Meta Still Wants You to Try

I don’t want to seem anti-AI. I really do think it can be a valuable tool for a lot of tasks. But almost every time I see it being shown off in consumer electronics, it isn’t presented as a tool but as a do-everything interface that defines how you interact with whatever device uses it. That’s how Meta frames its AI, and that isn’t the best use of the technology. Meta itself proved that when its live demo of Meta AI on its newest Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses completely fell apart.

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