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Two new devices, Ray-Ban X Meta Smart Glasses, which come armed with a camera and AI features, and NeoSapien, an AI-powered recorder/transcriber, demonstrate where wearable tech is headed. But as this review indicates, more work is needed to make them truly useful

- Magandeep Singh

We all fear smart devices and wear-tech at some level — “They’re listening to us!”, “I don’t want to be snooped on”, “I want to secure my privacy.” These are just some of the statements we hear at many social gatherings. Combine this with the advent of AI, and you get a fresh batch of one-liners: “They’ll soon take our jobs,” “What if they go rogue?”

In many ways, these apprehensions are like the Y2K pandemonium, unwarranted and much less understood by us than we think. Tech evolution is inevitable, and transition ought to be a way of life. Technology is constantly evolving around us, so we must adapt accordingly. The way I do it is to dive in headfirst, as I recently did with two new and novel wearable devices. These devices would invoke all the fears I shared above, and my effort has been to weigh their pros and cons.

NeoSapien

What is it: This is a nifty little device that is shaped like a locket, which you hang around your neck.