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Stern: Smartphones Will Never Go Away Despite AI Wearables
“The phone is never going away, just like laptops didn't go away when the phones came, and all of our other technology built on each other, right?”
Joanna Stern May 13, 2026 ▶ 4:03 The Allure of AI Love + Does Anyone Want AI Wearables? — With Joanna Stern
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Stern: Hands-Free Repair Is the Ideal Smart Glasses Use Case
“When you're fixing a garage door, you don't want to hold your phone in front of you. So I was asking the metaglasses, How do I, what's wrong with the garage door? Now, Meta was completely wrong about what was wrong with the garage door. But that instance, it's…”
Joanna Stern May 13, 2026 ▶ 11:36 The Allure of AI Love + Does Anyone Want AI Wearables? — With Joanna Stern
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Stern: The 'Hamster Test' Is Essential for Evaluating Image Models
“Now, my current test for all these models, image models, is counting hamsters, and it has gotten better. It still may make the mistake from time to time, but if you're not doing the hamster test, you're not really testing models.”
Joanna Stern May 13, 2026 ▶ 13:04 The Allure of AI Love + Does Anyone Want AI Wearables? — With Joanna Stern
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