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How much computing power would one need to get this working completely local running a half decent llm fine tuned to sound like santa with all tts, stt and the pipecat inbetween?
If running out of 60 mins turns the device into a brick, that’s an F-. If it can be restored with a flat purchase, that’s a B. If it first degrades gracefully into a toy with a bunch of pre-loaded audio clips, that’s a big ol’ A+ from me.
My tiny human loves it. I think they’re almost old enough to start learning the joys of jailbreaking this year as a modern twist on phreaking.
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Imagining the parent who could barely afford this only to discover that it dies after an hour of usage unless they keep feeding the meter is making me very sad.
TBH I kind of doubt this is the kind of toy a kid would request. It feels like something a parent with extra disposable income would buy so they can record a cute video.
Am I the only one that thinks this is very unwholesome? Giving a simulacrum of human interaction to children who are presumably waay to young to understand [1] that they're talking to a novelty device. It's possible I'm being a luddite but then again perhaps people really need to stop trying to achieve 100% completion in turning Black Mirror episodes into reality. [1] Which even many adults apparently don't understan…
I would cut open toys and shove microcontrollers in them.
I think if you lie and tell a kid it’s a real person it would be damaging. My kid has fun role playing, she really suspends disbelief. When done she thinks it’s funny though/not confused.
How’d you manufacture something like this? How’d you get Walmart to sell it? How everything please. I got an idea for a mean talking toothbrush.
I worked as contractor for company that has relationships with Walmart.
I can’t help feeling this technology will end up more widely deployed for a related but less wholesome application.
It's already happening! I went to https://vapi.ai/vapicon and the stuff that people are already building is bonkers. It would be naive to think that this technology would only be used for good. I have been working on Pion WebRTC for years though and have see lots of stuff getting built that didn't feel great. Not sure what I can do though.