Ambient AI the next platform?

Our brain processes about 74 GB daily. We remember almost none of it.

That's equivalent to 16 movies worth of information. Our conscious mind processes roughly 10 bits per second. The rest is gone.

Apple is building an AI pin. Meta acquired Limitless. Amazon acquired Bee. OpenAI has a wearable coming later this year.

They're betting ambient AI becomes the next platform. Devices that listen, watch, and remember everything without you pulling out a phone.

But do we want AI listening and watching all the time?

The uncomfortable truth is we already live in that world. Your phone tracks your location. Smart speakers hear conversations. Ring cameras watch neighborhoods. The difference is those systems optimize for ad revenue.

The optimist in me asks this: what if the AI remembering everything worked only for you? Encrypted locally and ever sold.

We forget half of our conversations. We lose ideas between meetings. Perfect recall changes how we operate. We will have capabilities we've never seen before.

The privacy concerns are real. But so is the upside. The line probably lies in agency and architecture:

1\ Agency: You must be in complete control of what’s recorded, what’s retained, and what’s forgotten.

2\ Architecture: Processing and storage should happen locally and remain encrypted, by design.

3\ Transparency: People around you should always know when they’re being recorded.

What do you think? Is ambient AI liberating or invasive? Where's the line?

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Sources:

Apple AI Pin: https://lnkd.in/gx4qdM5i

Meta + Limitless: https://lnkd.in/gpNEy74X

Amazon Bee: https://lnkd.in/gcsG6XWp

OpenAI Device: https://lnkd.in/gbCCaXGH

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Ram Srinivasan MIT Alum | Author, The Conscious Machine | Global Future of Work and AI Adoption Leader published in Business Insider, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, MIT Executive Viewpoints and more.

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