The philosophical sleight-of-hand is breathtaking. Ive frames their goal as building “a product that uses A.I. to create a computing experience that is less socially disruptive than the iPhone”—but this misses what’s actually being built. As I explored in my analysis of the Internet of Bodies, we’re witnessing “biometric colonization, where bodily data is extracted and controlled in ways that echo the resource extraction of colonial empires.” The Altman-Ive device represents the consumer-friendly face of this same extractive logic.
Consider what they’re actually building: a device that will be
“contextually aware” while sitting “unassumingly in your pocket or on
your desk,” monitoring your environment with the patience of a predator.
This isn’t just ambient computing—it’s what 6G researchers envision
when they ask, “Can you imagine your body’s cells connected to the internet?”
The screenless interface eliminates the last theater of consent, making
interaction so seamless that the boundary between human intention and
machine suggestion disappears entirely....<<<Read More>>>...
