Tells people not to buy the product but tells them to buy an accessory for said product. Noice. Edit: oh look at that, they edited their comment to now including "anything but".
"This is not a mousepad." "This is not a mousepad." "This is not a mousepad." "This is not a mousepad." Linus getting furious with this thing is absolutely hilarious 😂
9:28 A funny prank to play on your friend is to ask their Rabbit R1 to recite the entire Bee Movie script since that thing will keep going until it's done
Wow, that's.... more AI than the flekin' Rabbit R1! DBrand skins are proctors now? Can they mark my homework for me? Or do they just report me for cheating? I need to know.
PSA - They do not have their own AI models, they use ChatGPT and Perplexity AI. When ChatGPT had an outage 2 days ago, the rabbit r1 was not working. It's a literal brick if ChatGPT goes down.
Even an Apple Watch gives you the option of scrolling with either the digital crown, OR TOUCHSCREEN, in a package that's literally like what 1/8th the physical volume
>"The camera function is not enabled" >Camera works perfectly when opened manually Also lol, it refuses to believe that the northern lights design is a mousepad, a mouse or a bed.
This is the stuff I can't figure out why AI is so bad at. Why does it fight with you? I am literally telling it what it is looking at, and it can't figure it out. All it had to do is Google Reverse Image search the mousepad and it would find the answer, but instead it insisted on arguing with the user that THEY were wrong about what they were seeing. AI isn't meant to be something that fights with you, ignores your questions, and does random shit you don't want it to, it's meant to do what you tell it to, and that's it. Currently every AI model loves to just argue instead of doing that.
@@tbuk8350 It feels like you expect AI to be a mindless robot. Robots are meant to do what you tell them to. AI is meant to "simulate thought" or "simulate intelligence" - Intelligence isn't always going to be just subservient, it's going to tell you when it thinks you are wrong. Without that it wouldn't be intelligent it would just be a robot given orders. Not saying current AI and such is or isn't good, just saying AI isn't "meant to do what you tell it to, and that's it."
A device that runs android, has a touch screen, a camera and a microphone, and has built-in support for AI that is small enough to carry around in your pocket? I have one of those already, it's called a smartphone.
I understand their desire to run their own Android OS. As a developer, I know how frustrating lockouts from phones can be, not just on iOS but also on Android. Android used to easily allow background processes, but not anymore-this applies to GPS, microphone access, etc. I agree that stock Android needs these security features, but what they are attempting requires low-level access, which is becoming increasingly difficult for apps. Additionally, it's concerning that there's little discussion about the implications of logging into all accounts and a virtual machine executing requests in your name. This situation is reminiscent of the OnePlus iMessage debacle.
A screenprotector will not protect it from what i would do to it after 5 minutes of trying to use the darn thing.. Oh and linus, it is not broken.. there is no music that can make you look cool.
It would be useful as a smartwatch app. It would be useful as a phone app. It would be useful on a dedicated device if form and function were adequate, such as a card sized device on a lanyard that was at least dust proof and water resistant. Maybe it missed the boat because it couldn't order an uber to get there.
Nah, they all do it. Most/all are incapable of just saying they don't know and will confidently just make shit up. You can't even trust them to accurately calculate anything but the most basic linear math.
My thoughts exactly. Maybe I'm just used to doing things on my own, or the AI revolution isn't quite there yet. It feels so slow and clunky, like I'm trying to hold a conversation with a toddler
you have to try out some more A.I. stuff. It's obviously not perfect but if you've played around with it it's quite useful. I made a whole song all with A.I. and it's pretty good. used chat GPT for some lyrics and suno for the music generation. I also used chat GPT to make instagram posts for where I work so I didn't have to think. Much quicker. Two Minute Papers on RU-vid is good, he makes videos showing new tech/A.I. in a way that makes you see the good potential. We are getting close. try chatting with chat GPT. I bet you'll see some good results if you can find a use.
Still wild that the Rabbit CEO has a failed nft/metaverse project to his name, reused the same company for the Rabbit, and very few people seemed aware of that until Ed Zitron aired it out when he dropped his newsletter this week.
@@nyehu09It does mean that you should be transparent about your previous project being abandoned, instead of what he actually did, which was going radio silent, deleting the company's social media account, and trying to erase evidence of his involvement. Tell me you didn't read the Ed Zitron report without telling me.
It turns out that Rabbit the company is actually a rebranded crypto NFT game scam company. When asked to comment on it the CEO basically just brushed it off as a summer side project for him and his team, even though they were very serious about it, and people invested a bunch of money into it. So that shows what kind of company they are. Also, their large action model is more than likely a large language model with a bit of fine tune training to call certain functions. They claim they will support so many applications, but the four it shipped with are extremely unreliable and very limited to the extent that it is almost certainly faster to do literally any task it can do on your phone. Given their history, I would advise against anybody getting one unless they’re OK with a very high probability of it becoming a bright orange paperweight.
i thought rabbit r1 was a teenage engineering product, but looked it up and looks like TE only did hardware design although some TE C-suites are part of rabbit inc too? weird
Why did the even bother making a piece hardware when it's JUST AN APP?!? Linus is right, the amount of AI shovelware that's going to hit the market in the next year or two is going to be ridiculous!
Ironically, it would probably be better as an app, because then it could lean on the hardware and OS to perform better. No need to custom designing a UI that doesn't even function. That's built in. No need for having to implement opening a camera (and failing at it). That's just an API call. Network configuration is already handled. In fact, I didn't even think about it, but this thing doesn't have a cellular radio in it, does it? My phone is instantly more convenient then, because it's always connected. I was never sold by this thing, even as a concept. Why would I want yet another device to carry, that doesn't do anything the phone I already carry can't?
@@chrisdpratt As an app developer, the only reason I can think as to why it shouldn't be an app would be Privacy Policy / Terms and Conditions issues. The app will need to take control of your smartphone which will have a lot more sensitive data on it. That being said there are already apps doing this. Maybe adults aren't actually the demographic for the device and it's more intended for school going children. I can see it being useful if your child needs the assistance for homework etc and you want to limit their smartphone use because they might get distracted with Tiktok or whatever.
Just remember, atleast for discord, instead of doing OAUTH through discord and call back to Rabbit's system. They start a VM and have u log into Discord in a browser window on their VM. So you are potentially leaking your username and password directly to their company.
The look in Linus' eyes when the Ai mentioned the word "short" but Linus immediately realizing it was "short hair". He was about to consider smashing it into pieces during that 1 second I just know it.
@@benwu7980Linus has acknowledged multiple times over the past couple years that he definitely needs to learn how to be quiet sometimes, this joke is nothing new
These AI devices are like the VR headsets they made in the 80s. Like, yeah, they kind of work. It's interesting that an item like this exists. But what the hell am I gonna do with this thing?
They only exist because a couple companies bet on Apple and Google not getting AI to work on their phones for a while but they were wrong and panic-launched the devices before they were ready, and the result is this. It's expected both Android and iOS will get more or less all of these AI features this year, which will be the final nail in the coffin of the rabbit r1 etc
These devices are way ahead of their time. They need half a decade of dedicated development, testing, and production improvements before releasing it to the general public. Like Linus said, money is impatient, and whoever invested in this product wants their payout. It's possible the money and developers are the same stakeholder, meaning it was just a bad decision full-stop. It's possible the developers and designers told the investors it wasn't ready, but they were forced to "finish" it and now we're seeing products like this release, unfinished, and only "working" with a couple apps or functions. Now I guarantee you whatever investors were involved are blaming the developers for the shotty product. Like you said the VR devices in the 80s, they were way ahead of their time. There wasn't enough need, hardware, or room for them in the era. However, today VR headsets are making ground. I don't personally have one, but I know several people with them. Multiple companies have different versions, and what I'm also seeing is it's not 50+ of similar VR headsets, but a dozen or so (popular) with mild or major differences that determine their use case. Some are for gaming, some for professional work, and others for communication. Inside of that category, there are ones with a focus on performance but they may be heavier and tethered to a PC, while others are smaller and more portable, while having to worry about a battery and performance issues. In 10+ years I could see something similar here, but again with the current acceptance of the smartphone I don't think these will ever really take off. Everything this can do my phone already can, and often much better, and sometimes for a similar cost with a greater social acceptance factor. If I am standing in public and ask my Google assistant for something, no one really bats an eye. If I pull this out, or have the Humane pin everyone is going to be looking strangely, or at least asking what it is and making it awkward when they realize their phone can do the same things. I think VR got a grasp on an industry because it was a new thing - nothing could really replace it. Even with a phone in one of those cardboard things, you can't *really* get the same affect, especially with inside-out tracking today. But these devices just aren't going to work except for people who don't want a cell phone. The problem is, most people who don't want a smart phone make that choice for privacy or security reasons, which means they definitely won't be looking at this device.
VR 80th never made it to the market due to weak and infancy processing power at the time. Today's VR is really good which I highly recommend every single person to try or buy the cheap one like Quest 3. Quest 2 is good but it has major problems like limited ipd adjustment which is fixed in the later Quest
You hit the nail in the head. They know that once the Googles and Apples of the world truly integrate their own AI models to their devices and OSs, these will be useless
Rabbit is, no joke, a rebranded Crypto NFT game scam company. This isn’t hyperbole, I mean this quite literally. When that venture started to collapse, they renamed the Company to Rabbit and moved on to AI stuff. It could have been an App, but then in the CEOs own words (Paraphrased) it wouldn’t get the attention, also basically insinuated that Google and Apple would steal all their super special code.
When I went to uni to learn games development, in the first semester everyone on any of the IT courses had to take a course called human computer interaction. It was about accessibility and usability of software and hardware. Year 1... 1st semester. They released a product that can't be used left handed, controls are not intuitive (can't use the touch screen), scroll wheel is made of slippery plastic, so if you have issues with your grip you probably can't use it. Form over function garbage manufactured waste hardware with a software that took them a week to shovel together.
How the hell is that camera 360° when 2 sides are covered with plastic? How the hell they made that roller slippery even when at dry hands condition. Cannot imagine with sweaty hands. What a piece of expensive shait.
This is just ChatGPT connected to Playwright scripts. Its LAM isn't AI. They tried hide this. Ask it to play anything, and it will play the Beetles 90% of the time...
Most likely there was couple software engineers and one designer to make that thing. Their goal wasn't really to make a thing, after all making things costs money and is often questionably profitable, it's more profitable to make cool sounding words, couple animations, raise some hype and collect the $10M and RUN before anyone sees.
Especially when it turns out they are literally a rebranded Crypto NFT game scam company, it is actually the same company, they literally just renamed them selfs to Rabbit when they saw their next scam project!
Teenage engineering's Pocket Operator line of synthesizers and drum machines is very affordable actually, and its very often the most affordable option in that category. They are awesome little gadgets for musicians or anyone just doodling around.
i love the op1 too its a genius bit of engineering - i do wish it was a bit cheaper tho. 800-1000 would be much more palatable considering it basically has no competition
He is getting a skincare routine to keep his skin from looking old, so he shaved And he's painting his motorcycle and has to wear a mask for that and wants it to fit well. Source: The Yard podcast where he was on recently
1:45 If they called it the rabbit hole it would undoubtedly become associated with the Hatsune Miku song that's been doing the rounds these past few months. I still can't get it out of my head.
Putting aside my disdain for AI rubbish, the idea of having a device which could improve accessibility is great... I just wish it wasn't so half-baked.
@@JSerio1983While cell phones do have excellent accessibility features, I'm of the adage that more options is better. No one accessibility solution will suit everyone, and not every smartphone will support the same features, which is why the concept of a device to act as an intermediary between a user and their phone holds appeal. The Rabbit R1 is just utterly awful at it. lol
Well, cassettes are now actually that "somewhat cool retro tech" that most people know about but don't necessarily use. They also make appearance in popular media.
"sucks to be left handed I guess" that layout is actually great for left handed people, since we can use our left hand to scroll on screen while using the right hand to hold the device.
Deeply true comment close to the end: "the amount of AI shovelware that's going to be hitting this desk over the next year or two, it's gonna be a sight to behold"
It's like Google lens with voice assistant, but not working at all. Impressive. Microsoft's Cortana now looks competent, compared to this hole. Impressive feat, i should say.
they made a device so they can't be seen as another assistant app like alexa, siri, bixby... it would be better as a watch but then it would have to compete with the apple watch. this also applies for Humane.
Linus, you are supposed to jump cut to the Rabbit perfectly, performing the command you just asked. Did Mr. Lyu not explain to you how to properly review the unit? Every other RU-vid Tech channel with millions of subscribers got the memo, jajajajajajaja.
On Coffeezeela’s channel, he said this stuff doesn’t really have them own AI. It is using the old version of ChatGpt, with other non-AI coding that interacts with other programs like Spotify, DoorDash, Uber …etc. The second part is basically an auto clicker program that clicks for you behind the screen. If those apps have some bigger update, the auto clicker program can’t recognize the change, and can’t click whatever it was designed to auto click. This is the difference between AI and auto clicker program. AI can recognize the new updated app or website, and adapt to it, to click the right thing. The auto clicker is really stupid, that it has no recognition function to actually what the buttons on websites and apps mean, and makes it unable to know what to change to click after the update of websites and apps. Even if the team update the rabbit auto clicker program again to adapt to the new version of apps and websites, once the apps and websites have some bigger update again, it will lose all the auto clicker function again, which means no Uber and DoorDash for you. You’ll have to wait for the team to update the auto clicker program again, or it just won’t work.
I think the line “the money is wanting a return and is too impatient” is probably unfair. More likely, “the money is not prepared to add any more money to a bad product and the company needs to make payroll this month”
The most excited I ever got about this product was when people starting side loading Android apps onto it. If someone made a custom Android ROM like LineageOS for this device it would be so much more useful.
@@Ikxi for $200 you're absolutely right. but if the company falls and these things get really cheap, it could be a fun device to mess around with. you could probably 3D print a better wheel, re-enable touch, use custom launchers, run emulators... at a cheap enough price it would be fun to tinker with
@@clebbington Hmm the wheel, you'd probably have to open it Writing custom software, might be more fun to just get a board that can run android, probably some out there like raspberry pi but android capable cpus that'd be a fun project xD
@@Ikxi there are a ton of boards that can do that! odroid has SBCs that run Android out of the box, and you can install android on a raspberry pi directly from their official imaging tool
