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The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by elif »

This is a cursory take based upon superficial reckoning. The apps already exist, and they already suck, precisely because of the capabilities that phones have.

AI apps, particularly voice assistants, are designed to give you text and data via a screen. I can't tell you how many times I've asked a perfectly simple question and my android assistant responded, infuriatingly, "here's what I found on the web" or the dreaded "please unlock your phone" prompt when it relates to anything remotely personal.

If I wanted a web browser experience or to find the answer on my own, or to follow up with focusing my attention and interacting with a digital keyboard, I would have!

The rabbit interaction is for a purely responsive 2024 AI experience, which doesn't try to shovel me back to the 90's at earliest convenience.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by shwoopdiwoop »

I ordered one since it cost exactly as much as a 1 year stand-alone perplexity license that it comes with.

I don’t know how they can possibly make money with this but i’m looking forward to having a new toy on my desk and I really like the teenage engineering vibes of it.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by oivey »

iancmceachern wrote: post #7
cubefox wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using Android doesn't make it a scam.

The scam is they are selling it as anything other than "phone with fewer features"

That’s not a scam, either. They’re not being dishonest about what the hardware really is. They’re probably at least being unrealistically optimistic about the future software, though.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by asadm »

NotYourLawyer wrote: post #8
rjrogerto wrote: post #5

As others have commented - this is unsurprising - and makes a lot of sense from a technical perspective. Don't see this as scammy at all. And as for the product - the main qualm seems to be the lack of utility vs cost - which again does not seem scammy to me.

The scam is that the hardware is unnecessary, expensive, and strictly worse than just using your phone.

Market isn't an optimization problem. Market can decide what is necessary or isn't. I would pick this up for $200 if the models were running locally.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by msephton »

asadm wrote: post #14
NotYourLawyer wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The scam is that the hardware is unnecessary, expensive, and strictly worse than just using your phone.

Market isn't an optimization problem. Market can decide what is necessary or isn't. I would pick this up for $200 if the models were running locally.

I think we all would. But realistically no $200 device is going to run models locally.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by iancmceachern »

oivey wrote: post #13
iancmceachern wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The scam is they are selling it as anything other than "phone with fewer features"

That’s not a scam, either. They’re not being dishonest about what the hardware really is. They’re probably at least being unrealistically optimistic about the future software, though.

This review was interesting:

https://youtu.be/ddTV12hErTc?si=-SZ1xUpj5-KE7xWD

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by zameermfm »

"AI in a Box" devices doesn't even come closer to the Apps we have today and we already carry our phones everywhere. iOS/Android and Apps go through heavy optimization, atleast by the OS to make sure battery life is managed well. I really cannot fathom the utility, position of these devices and why would people buy them except for early adopters. Accessibility, though is a big use case, I believe these newer devices which tries to live on their own will do extremely well for people with impaired/lost vision and Humane AI pin can double down real-time translations as well, because as having a conversation with a foreigner in their language with the phone is tad bit unorthodox.

So I guess all depends on how next evolution of these devices are going to be, and cannot see it's replacing the mobile anytime soon. "More devices" is never the answer.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by serf »

danparsonson wrote: post #9
NotYourLawyer wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The scam is that the hardware is unnecessary, expensive, and strictly worse than just using your phone.

That doesn't make it a scam though, just a waste of money. A scam would be something like, you order it and what turns up is a photo of the device with a QR code on the back linking to a download for the app.

the line isn't that clear cut. broken promises that create a sale could certainly be construed as 'scammy'.
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