You have to see this because Lorde just went off on stage at Real Cool Festival Madrid and I cannot stop rewatching the clip. She was thanking everyone for coming out for something real before pivoting hard against AI smartglasses. Her exact words were: "You don't know if someone is wearing sunglasses or if they're wearing those fucked up fucking... Can I just say, for the record, fuck the glasses. Don't get the glasses. Not sexy." The timing is so perfect because she was literally performing at a festival and then shouted this into the crowd — it went absolutely viral on social media instantly.
And the irony makes it even better. Ray-Ban is an actual sponsor of the festival where she said this, and Jennie from Blackpink was literally following her off stage as a brand ambassador for those exact glasses. Meta has been planning "super sensing" always-recording glasses despite all the backlash already about their current smart eyewear. So Lorde isn't just complaining — she's calling out a tech direction that involves constant recording being framed as normal consumer wearable. I don't know whether to laugh or be impressed by how concise her entire argument was.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/964539/lorde-says-ray-ban-meta-ai-glasses-are-not-sexy
And the irony makes it even better. Ray-Ban is an actual sponsor of the festival where she said this, and Jennie from Blackpink was literally following her off stage as a brand ambassador for those exact glasses. Meta has been planning "super sensing" always-recording glasses despite all the backlash already about their current smart eyewear. So Lorde isn't just complaining — she's calling out a tech direction that involves constant recording being framed as normal consumer wearable. I don't know whether to laugh or be impressed by how concise her entire argument was.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/964539/lorde-says-ray-ban-meta-ai-glasses-are-not-sexy