In the tech world, there is a (semi / unwritten / possibly erroneous) axiom:
Version 3 is the good one.
The purpose of Version 1 is to prove it can be done. Your team needs to pipe-clean the technology, the process, and the concept. Version 1 isn’t even for the early adopters. It’s basically for your own team and YouTube.
If you’re lucky, you get to Version 2.
The purpose of Version 2 is to incorporate feedback, work out the kinks, tighten up the supply chain, and hone the marketing. Version 2 is for the early adopters.
If you’re very lucky, you get to Version 3.
Version 3 is the one that fixes enough of the mistakes, has the right features and performance, benefits from an improved supply chain, and most importantly, is the one that’s ready for the mass market and makes you money.
Hu.ma.ne just launched their AI pin. Next week you can spend $700 on it. I find it intriguing but also a little dubious. For example, I hate my gadgets talking to me. I like what hu.ma.ne is saying, but I don’t really understand how the AI pin is going to do what Imram claims, i.e., what it “unlocks.”
This thing isn’t for me. Yet.
But I got my eye on Version 3.
