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$99 for 60 minutes of your child interacting with, their voice getting sent to Google. In a best case scenario, a parent who could already fill that role is standing by.
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Can't help but imagine some kid being shunted off to the side during Christmas with only this thing to talk to while their parents are much too busy drinking and listening to some esoteric tech/acc podcast.
That did not happen when I tried it with my nieces and nephews. Lots of screaming, incoherent AND I I I REALLY I WANT, yelling over Santa as he was responding, etc. It was a complete flop.
Anyway I would be astonished if this works well for younger kids.
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.
Inference is always getting cheaper, so my hope is that restrictions like this can go away in the future. I totally understand giving it a 'B'. But I promise you that I came at this project with sincere hope that I can build something that brought more joy then it cost into this world. I have it at home and I think it's worth the money. My 5 year old uses it and the recordings I got from it I will keep forever. * San…
I think this is kinda fucked up
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?
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Mental how OP is showing it off so proudly . Can't help but imagine some kid being shunted off to the side during Christmas with only this thing to talk to while their parents are much too busy drinking and listening to some esoteric tech/acc podcast.
Honestly, it doesn't take much of a good faith effort to see this.
How do you ensure 'safety' for kids talking to an LLM?
With 60 minutes of talk time included, I kind of get the impression this isn't designed so that you can hand it to your kid and let them spend the day talking to Santa. I'm assuming the idea is that they do this in lieu of writing to Santa, and you would supervise the experience. Also, if your eight year old is trying to jailbreak Santa, you might have bigger issues to worry about.
Yea, nah
The problem will be random, unsafe responses to the unpredictable things little children will say to Santa
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Mental how OP is showing it off so proudly . Can't help but imagine some kid being shunted off to the side during Christmas with only this thing to talk to while their parents are much too busy drinking and listening to some esoteric tech/acc podcast.
1. After 60 minutes, it turns into junk? Or is there a reload feature? 2. Is every Christmas home going to have a Chinese-made surveillance station with unknown data collection destinations in their home?
What happens when you use up the 60 minutes of talk time?
"Ho ho ho! I'm sorry but our time is up. If you'd like to keep talking to me, please provide a credit card number. Merry christmas!"