Ɖave Buchanan

Video Producer and Audio Engineer in Jackson Mi. Founder of @Coefficient Media and @Jacksonopolis. Lover of all things artistic and my amazing wife @rachelradio

[Ɖave Buchanan @audiocollective]

@jonesrrrrrr @midjourney Yes, its called shrinkage…

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@ayushozha @OpenAIDevs @OpenAI I ready for when they release the AI enamble one!

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@troubleisfff I would buy something like this immediately!

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@DanielleFong I would love something like this!!!

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@amyjaynehawkins @MrJustinBarclay There is one in Albion MI that is very close to this vintage.

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@ChiefsmomATS @MrJustinBarclay There is one in Albion MI that is very close to this vintage.

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@ChatGPTapp @sama Still waiting for Health…

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@elder_plinius @BrianRoemmele I

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@ItsAditya_xyz @elder_plinius so true. After 20 years of being vegetarian, I have banked a few AI prompts.

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@Cooking4Company @elder_plinius People do not need beef to survive. I have not had beef in over 20 years and I am still alive and using AI every day.

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@elder_plinius @BrianRoemmele Great example! Also the same reason I have been vegetarian for over 20 years… 😁

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@HySpDcHiKnFeeD2 @TheWapplehouse @macruadhi https://t.co/we55tbTWuZ

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Concept: OpenAI Pen, powered by ChatGPT.

I don’t think the most useful ambient AI device is a pin or glasses.

I think it might be a pen.

A real writing tool. A wearable context device. A meeting assistant. A docked local AI base station.

The pen clips to your shirt, notebook, bag, or pocket and runs in always on context mode when enabled. Not always recording raw audio. Always transcribing useful context, then discarding raw audio by default.

The transcript becomes the saved artifact.

The pen captures:
• conversations
• meetings
• hallway updates
• ideas
• decisions
• follow ups
• names
• deadlines
• things you said you would do

The pen itself would feel like a premium Apple Pencil style object:
• matte aluminum body
• pocket clip
• hidden microphone vents
• subtle side button
• haptic feedback
• LED ring around the top
• privacy button
• replaceable ink tip or stylus option
• Bluetooth connection to phone
• vertical quick charging dock

The LED ring becomes the trust signal:
• white: context mode
• blue: command listening
• amber: transcription active
• green: saved or synced
• red: privacy mode
• purple: ChatGPT processing

The base is where it gets powerful.

The pen docks vertically into a clean desktop base with:
• large e ink display
• knurled scroll wheel
• local AI compute
• encrypted local storage
• far field microphones
• speaker
• USB C power
• optional internal battery
• physical privacy control
• fast charging

The pen captures the day.

The phone transcribes on the go.

The base understands, summarizes, searches, and syncs.

The base could run a local model for:
• fast summaries
• recent memory search
• voice assistant responses
• transcript cleanup
• action item detection
• daily digest creation
• privacy sensitive processing
• offline assistant mode

Then ChatGPT handles the deeper work:
• writing
• planning
• long range memory
• complex reasoning
• project synthesis
• follow up emails
• weekly updates
• cross app workflows

The e ink display should stay calm and useful:

NOW: Strategy meeting
NEXT: 1:00 PM Client call
4 tasks waiting

No tiny tablet. No distracting app grid. Just glanceable context.

One killer version one feature:

Note Anchor

During a meeting, you double tap the pen, tap the page twice, or press the side button. That drops a timestamped bookmark into the transcript.

Later, you scan your notebook page with your phone.

The app links your handwritten note to what was being said at that moment.

It avoids the trap of full handwriting recognition on day one.

It answers the more useful question:

What was happening when I wrote this?

Example:

You scribble: “budget?”

The transcript context says: “We need to confirm whether this comes from the campaign budget or department budget.”

That is immediately useful.

Privacy has to be central:
• physical privacy button
• visible LED state
• raw audio discarded by default
• local only mode
• memory approval queue
• pause instantly
• forget last five minutes
• forget today
• pause by location
• pause by calendar event
• encrypted local storage
• export and delete controls

The rule:

Capture broadly. Save selectively. Remember intentionally.

At the end of the day, the dock could show:

12 interactions captured
5 tasks suggested
3 follow ups drafted
2 memories need approval
1 idea worth saving

Not “here is eight hours of transcript.”

More like:

Here is what mattered.
Here is what changed.
Here is what you promised.
Here is what needs follow up.
Here is what should be forgotten.

It is not just a recorder.

It is a daily context engine.

A pen when you write.
A wearable when you move.
A meeting assistant when you gather.
A local AI hub when you dock.
A memory system when you need to know what actually happened.

The future AI device does not need to be strapped to your face.

Quiet. Useful. Familiar.

A pen that remembers the work between the meetings.

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@sama Please write it down. ;-)

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@CloseoutBatsCom @JMauchan Amazing bad design. I wish the mlb had such drip! @maxxclarkk13 @kevinMcGonigle7 @spennyt

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@MatthewBerman @nvidia @Dell Just wait until the release the M5 Ultra Mac Studio on April 1st. 1TB of unified memory at a third the price… 🤓

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@saradietschy It might be good to look into @heyeddie_ai for some help. Once you get the process down, it can really speed things up!