The device looks more like a monocle than a pair of glasses. It was invented by Brian Hau-Ping Chang, a student at Stanford University. The RizzGPT device, developed by Chang and a team of collaborators, aims to help you stay composed during a date, a job interview, an exam, or any other high-pressure situation.
In a social media post about the new glasses, the inventor told future users to say goodbye to “awkward dates and interviews.”
The monocle’s name includes the slang term “rizz,” which means the ability to impress — in other words, charisma. Chang and his team say the gadget will help you win over conversation partners with clever responses.
From the name, you can also guess that the compact RizzGPT monocle was built using ChatGPT. ChatGPT is the AI chatbot from OpenAI that caused a big stir online last year for its ability to write text and code, translate, answer questions, and more. The Stanford team used the GPT-4 language model for their monocle, which can generate both text and images.
How does it work?
The owner controls the smart monocle through a smartphone. RizzGPT is equipped with a camera, a microphone that uses OpenAI’s Whisper voice-recognition system, an open-source Monocle AR device, and a display from Brilliant Labs. The microphone picks up what a conversation partner says and sends the audio to the GPT-4 chatbot. The chatbot then generates a response that appears instantly on the screen.
The creator says the glasses process questions and provide answers in just a few seconds. The Daily Mail reported that users don’t have to look awkward while the system searches for an answer — they can see both the display and the person they’re talking to at the same time.
The students hope their device will help not only nervous people on first dates but also people who struggle with social anxiety or fear public speaking.
On his Twitter page, Brian Hau-Ping Chang wrote that he and his engineer friends dream of “a new era of background computing based on AR + AI, where everyone has their own personal assistant available 24/7.” “It’s like God is watching over your life and telling you exactly what to do next,” he added.
