sharing from my AiPin journal an item which has been a part of “what can the AiPin do better” stream of thoughts

image of AiPin on a cradle with second cradle nearby and business cards

Thinking about the survey from the other day, and some of the other convos, I’m back to chewing on “what about email do I want from the AiPin?” A further reflection refined from a piece on working behaviors.

Then I hit this Twitter/X thread and a lot of nodding happens

A feature like “catch me up” feels like a piece of the “summarize all that I need to know” kind of item. For CosmOS (the platform behind the AiPin), it’s not so much that it needs access to repeat email content. But its agent on AiPin/other devices needs to roll up the most relevant information when it’s needed. So, not just “you have emails from (such and such)” but “your email from (such and such) asks for you to (do a thing).” Going beyond just counts and figures to “here’s what is contextually important and the action you should take or defer.” With and without the content, getting the sentiment of the email and what’s necessary by your designation, versus the call-to-action tone of many messages, seems the right way forward.

Am looking at the AiPin in such a mode often these days (I call it the “work computer” when folks ask me what I use it for). Most get that analogy, but not necessarily get what that needs to mean (related tweet to this point).

My stance/conjecture: if computing in the real world is the shape of now (HT: Humane CEO Bethany Bongiorno”s tweet), then computing which integrates less obviously w/n it needs to come forth. I think email summaries is just a piece of this… I am certain “based on these emails, here’s what you need to know and do” is what this means