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Rabbit Inc. Faked Their Demo (Again)

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Re: Rabbit Inc. Faked Their Demo (Again)

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Post by rvnx »

7e wrote: post #9
leohonexus wrote: post #5

Not clearing them from their wrong, but it's worth mentioning that Steve Jobs demo'ed the iPhone while many features were still in development / unstable - he had to follow a "golden path" or else the demo iPhone would likely crash.

A golden path is not a fake demo. These things are not the same.

It's a demo / proof-of-concept during product development, at the end it doesn't really matter if it's spontaneous or was prepared / optimized for by doing a test take.

As long as it is released to the public with the functionalities and performance that were promised.

Re: Rabbit Inc. Faked Their Demo (Again)

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Post by rvz »

We already know that "Fake it until you make it" is a soft scam in Silicon Valley.

But how far will these companies go to fake their own products in front of VCs and customers to qualify as deceptive advertising?

Might as well go for 90% of these other vapourware tech / AI companies promising their snake oil to the public.

Re: Rabbit Inc. Faked Their Demo (Again)

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Post by dmix »

luyu_wu wrote: post #7

This seems like an overly aggressive article? I'm not sure if all exposes are like this, but they seem to be assuming a lot on very little evidence. IMO having a bit of respect/empathy for a startup is a good thing...

The follow up tweet cleared it up, he clicked the wrong item in the list during the demo…

https://x.com/jessechenglyu/status/1767363848145969315?s=46&...

Definitely overly aggressive gotcha type stuff. Journos usually give a chance for a response before writing such attacks.

Re: Rabbit Inc. Faked Their Demo (Again)

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Post by underwater »

Retr0id wrote: post #4

A copy-text typo in a pre-production UI seems totally fine? The audio clip mismatch is a bit more questionable, but the simplest explanation is that they recorded two takes of the demo, and accidentally played back the clip from the previous take. The only really damning thing is that this is something Siri could do a decade ago.

You can literally see that he clicks on the 12.27 recording instead of the 12.28 or 12.29 recordings.

Re: Rabbit Inc. Faked Their Demo (Again)

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Post by jonchurch_ »

The authors anonymously make assertions of fraud, but clearly have an axe to grind with Rabbit.

This piece is interesting in how peculiar it is, but I'd say not newsworthy.

I did learn at least that there is some NFT history behind the company rabbit, which I was unaware of.

Re: Rabbit Inc. Faked Their Demo (Again)

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Post by masterspy7 »

luyu_wu wrote: post #7

This seems like an overly aggressive article? I'm not sure if all exposes are like this, but they seem to be assuming a lot on very little evidence. IMO having a bit of respect/empathy for a startup is a good thing...

I'm not defending the typo, but sometimes I will intentionally change one letter before deploying as a janky way to make sure that I'm using the new build. He claims the typo was 'intentional' so I wonder if that's the reason?

Re: Rabbit Inc. Faked Their Demo (Again)

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Post by underwater »

dmix wrote: post #13
luyu_wu wrote: post #7

This seems like an overly aggressive article? I'm not sure if all exposes are like this, but they seem to be assuming a lot on very little evidence. IMO having a bit of respect/empathy for a startup is a good thing...

The follow up tweet cleared it up, he clicked the wrong item in the list during the demo… https://x.com/jessechenglyu/status/1767363848145969315?s=46&... Definitely overly aggressive gotcha type stuff. Journos usually give a chance for a response before writing such attacks.

That's because journalists know that there are consequences for defamation. Publishing a false accusation and encouraging a boycott of the company is a good way to get yourself sued for libel.

Re: Rabbit Inc. Faked Their Demo (Again)

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Post by rvnx »

masterspy7 wrote: post #17
luyu_wu wrote: post #7

This seems like an overly aggressive article? I'm not sure if all exposes are like this, but they seem to be assuming a lot on very little evidence. IMO having a bit of respect/empathy for a startup is a good thing...

I'm not defending the typo, but sometimes I will intentionally change one letter before deploying as a janky way to make sure that I'm using the new build. He claims the typo was 'intentional' so I wonder if that's the reason?

It could also be that the developers working on those parts of the software are in China, and that they don't really read latin letters or speak English. The same way an English-speaker wouldn't spot a typo in Chinese.
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