Ed Zitron

Yeah.

Yeah.

There's small improvements for consumer tech, right? This is a very consumer-based, or it's supposed to be a consumer-based tech show. There's products like the Shox headphones, which every year get a little bit better. I tried out Bone conducting headphones last year, which are very good. They work underwater.

There's small improvements for consumer tech, right? This is a very consumer-based, or it's supposed to be a consumer-based tech show. There's products like the Shox headphones, which every year get a little bit better. I tried out Bone conducting headphones last year, which are very good. They work underwater.

There's small improvements for consumer tech, right? This is a very consumer-based, or it's supposed to be a consumer-based tech show. There's products like the Shox headphones, which every year get a little bit better. I tried out Bone conducting headphones last year, which are very good. They work underwater.

Yeah, very cool stuff. This year they have what they called air conductive. I don't quite know how it works, but it does work. I can hear it if you're standing like two, three feet away. There's no sound bleed, but I hear music in the middle of my head despite having to not put an earbud actually like in my ear. They're super useful. They work great. Really good sound quality.

Yeah, very cool stuff. This year they have what they called air conductive. I don't quite know how it works, but it does work. I can hear it if you're standing like two, three feet away. There's no sound bleed, but I hear music in the middle of my head despite having to not put an earbud actually like in my ear. They're super useful. They work great. Really good sound quality.

Yeah, very cool stuff. This year they have what they called air conductive. I don't quite know how it works, but it does work. I can hear it if you're standing like two, three feet away. There's no sound bleed, but I hear music in the middle of my head despite having to not put an earbud actually like in my ear. They're super useful. They work great. Really good sound quality.

Like small improvements, right? It's not necessarily like revolutionizing hearing, but it's very small improvements. Whereas the other kind of big trend, which isn't necessarily like wholly consumer-based, it's kind of what these larger companies are trying to move towards, is I feel like they're trying to replace... friendship with this form of technology and AI-enabled technology.

Like small improvements, right? It's not necessarily like revolutionizing hearing, but it's very small improvements. Whereas the other kind of big trend, which isn't necessarily like wholly consumer-based, it's kind of what these larger companies are trying to move towards, is I feel like they're trying to replace... friendship with this form of technology and AI-enabled technology.

Like small improvements, right? It's not necessarily like revolutionizing hearing, but it's very small improvements. Whereas the other kind of big trend, which isn't necessarily like wholly consumer-based, it's kind of what these larger companies are trying to move towards, is I feel like they're trying to replace... friendship with this form of technology and AI-enabled technology.

You used to have friends. To get recommended new music, you used to have friends to tell you about new stuff that they're interested in. No longer. Now you have an AI agent that can do that for you. You don't need friends to help talk about you had a rough breakup. Instead, you can have a short-term replacement using AI. You can have a friend replacement, a girlfriend replacement.

You used to have friends. To get recommended new music, you used to have friends to tell you about new stuff that they're interested in. No longer. Now you have an AI agent that can do that for you. You don't need friends to help talk about you had a rough breakup. Instead, you can have a short-term replacement using AI. You can have a friend replacement, a girlfriend replacement.

You used to have friends. To get recommended new music, you used to have friends to tell you about new stuff that they're interested in. No longer. Now you have an AI agent that can do that for you. You don't need friends to help talk about you had a rough breakup. Instead, you can have a short-term replacement using AI. You can have a friend replacement, a girlfriend replacement.

It's all these things that are trying to replace the core concept of friendship, even as a baby, even as a toddler. Your first friend doesn't need to be people you meet outside.

It's all these things that are trying to replace the core concept of friendship, even as a baby, even as a toddler. Your first friend doesn't need to be people you meet outside.

It's all these things that are trying to replace the core concept of friendship, even as a baby, even as a toddler. Your first friend doesn't need to be people you meet outside.

It can be this little hovering robot you have in the living room that can also organize your fridge, tell you what you need on your shopping list, roll around your house in the middle of the night with cameras, and that could be your first friend. It's replacing the core concept of friendship.

It can be this little hovering robot you have in the living room that can also organize your fridge, tell you what you need on your shopping list, roll around your house in the middle of the night with cameras, and that could be your first friend. It's replacing the core concept of friendship.

It can be this little hovering robot you have in the living room that can also organize your fridge, tell you what you need on your shopping list, roll around your house in the middle of the night with cameras, and that could be your first friend. It's replacing the core concept of friendship.