Sam Altman says he doesn’t like smart glasses: 'I find it very uncomfortable talking to people with a camera and a light’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is seen in sunglasses — definitely not smart glasses.

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sam Altman says he doesn't like smart glasses.

Meta is finding that other people are feeling the same way.

Let us know how you feel about about smart glasses.

Mark Zuckerberg doesn't have to worry about Sam Altman coming for his glasses.

"I find it very uncomfortable talking to people with a camera and a light," the OpenAI CEO told tech journalist Alex Heath during an interview for Heath's "Sources Podcast," which was published on Tuesday.

Altman's feelings are becoming quite clear.

When reporters asked him on the sidelines of last year's Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference if the sunglasses he was sporting were smart glasses, he was quick to set the record straight.

"Absolutely not," he said.

"I don't like smart glasses." Meta, which has its own competing frontier AI models, is one of the biggest players in the smart glasses space and partners with Ray-Ban to make the devices.

EssilorLuxottica, which owns Ray-Ban, said it sold more than 7 million pairs of AI glasses last year.

Not everyone is enjoying looking through, or rather into, the glasses.

Meta has recently mounted a PR blitz after some venues announced plans to ban patrons from wearing smart eyewear.

Instagram has also pledged to crack down on users who use smart glasses to secretly film harassing content, often in the form of prank or pick-up line reaction videos.