For the past decade, tech companies have chased a dream: Invent a gadget to replace the smartphone. That’s why companies have created computers for your face and wrist, talking speakers for your living room and virtual reality goggles. And while lots of people love Apple Watches, Alexa speakers or Meta Quest VR headsets, none of those have yet shoved aside the smartphone as the center of your digital life. But the dream lives on. The 2024 twist will be gadgets designed to make the most of artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT. Expect to hear a lot this year about AI computers that clip onto your clothing, AI devices you wear as a necklace, AI robots, AI laptops with AI keys, AI smartphones — and more computers for your face, wrist and living room refashioned as portals to AI. These AI gadgets may become the most-talked-about technology of 2024. And AI gadgets might be the most pointless technology of the year. That wouldn’t be the worst thing.