Dream UX of AI Hardware:

Exact Transcript: I want the ability to get an exact time-stamped transcript of the day’s conversations. This is where Avi’s Tab and the Rewind Pendant differ. Tab uses AI to summarize what you’re talking about but has no transcripts, whereas Rewind’s will have full transcripts. I want the full transcripts because ideas are often misinterpreted by an ultra-literal AI (think metaphors, nicknames, slang, etc.). Give me the exact transcripts or give me nothing.

Searchability: Ability to search through transcript with a simple command-F query and copy-paste text easily. I can imagine myself thinking “ I remember we talked about X → search X”. I’d also love if the device could capture locations so I can do something like “ I had a good conversation in Central Park but I forget the topic → search Central Park”.

Design: Both Tab and Rewind are going with the necklace route. I’m a fan of it. I think it looks slick and you forget about it quickly (if it’s lightweight). The recording/not-recording signal needs to be obvious like Snapchat’s Ray-Ban glasses which glow red when on—otherwise anyone wearing it turns into a Fed and we are officially bringing back sauna meetings.

Daily Wrap-Up Emails: Give me the day’s summary of my transcript with the option to view the whole thing in-browser or in-app. This is the Readwise daily email model.

AI-Suggestions: OK this would make it an absolute 11 out of 10 but what if AI hardware could give you further things to research based on your conversations? So let’s say I talked about JFK for 10 minutes in a conversation with a friend, the AI knows, and suggests books and documentaries for me to look into. Maybe there can even be a Creator Option where the AI suggests content ideas based on conversations. Imagine a notification “Turn this into a tweet”.

Rohit Krishnan • The Dream AI Hardware