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All this thing does is send off an API request to chat GPT or something else like it. As is you can give chat GPT an image and it'll read it for you, and interp

All this thing does is send off an API request to chat GPT or something else like it. As is you can give chat GPT an image and it'll read it for you, and interpret it or whatnot. You can just use Chat GPT on your phone and get 90% of the same experience. But then it's a matter of branding. To some it's cooler to use a toy like this. Sorta like how Beats headphones are often beaten by headphones costing a 1/3rd. Edit: At 200$ I'm not mad, it's ultimately a toy. Much better than the AI pin costing 700$ + 25$ a month.

wmf 3y ago
You're forgetting the app automation features (that currently don't work well).
- marcinzm 3y ago
  Nothing about those features is specific to this device. OpenAI can do it in their app, or Google/Apple as a built in phone integration. In fact those companies have more data, more compute, more experience and more end users which matters a lot for AI. And most importantly, OpenAI/Google/Apple can basically get app developers to add any missing details into their apps. Rabbit can't.
  - sniggers 3y ago
    >OpenAI can do it in their app, or Google/Apple as a built in phone integration Have they done so or described any upcoming plans to do so? Rabbit is doing it now. Man this site is so anti-hacker it's insane. Probably because it's 90% big tech employees that are actively hurt by startups shaking things up. Should be renamed
    - 999900000999 3y ago
      You're talking about a $200 closed source box which is basically a strip down phone. Hacker is more like yo I built this myself with a raspberry pi, here's the source code to get it working. We have every right to criticize commercial products, particularly when they're not really doing anything unique.
      - sniggers 3y ago
        Which is more "hacker" - Rabbit or Google?
    - threeseed 3y ago
      Google I/O is 2 weeks away. WWDC is 6 weeks. And we know both companies have plans for enhanced assistants this year. And this isn’t a hacker device. It’s not open source or easily modifiable.
    - marcinzm 3y ago
      > Rabbit is doing it now. You mean Perplexity, Anthropic, and OpenAI are doing so now. Rabbit is just using their models. Also, Startups are not hackers.
    - dangus 3y ago
      I don’t think Rabbit AI has anything to do with “hacker” culture. It’s a dishonest business model based on a grift. They sell you a piece of redundant e-waste hardware that is less capable than existing websites and will inevitably shut down in literal months after Google and Apple inevitably show off their AI OS integrations in their developer conferences. Building a company that solely exists as a financial vehicle to be acquired or sell $50 plastic computers for $200 isn’t “hacking.” It’s a grift.
      - sniggers 3y ago
        Making something cool and selling it for a profit isn't grifting

wmf 3y ago

You're forgetting the app automation features (that currently don't work well).

marcinzm 3y ago
Nothing about those features is specific to this device. OpenAI can do it in their app, or Google/Apple as a built in phone integration. In fact those companies have more data, more compute, more experience and more end users which matters a lot for AI. And most importantly, OpenAI/Google/Apple can basically get app developers to add any missing details into their apps. Rabbit can't.
- sniggers 3y ago
  >OpenAI can do it in their app, or Google/Apple as a built in phone integration Have they done so or described any upcoming plans to do so? Rabbit is doing it now. Man this site is so anti-hacker it's insane. Probably because it's 90% big tech employees that are actively hurt by startups shaking things up. Should be renamed
  - 999900000999 3y ago
    You're talking about a $200 closed source box which is basically a strip down phone. Hacker is more like yo I built this myself with a raspberry pi, here's the source code to get it working. We have every right to criticize commercial products, particularly when they're not really doing anything unique.
    - sniggers 3y ago
      Which is more "hacker" - Rabbit or Google?
  - threeseed 3y ago
    Google I/O is 2 weeks away. WWDC is 6 weeks. And we know both companies have plans for enhanced assistants this year. And this isn’t a hacker device. It’s not open source or easily modifiable.
  - marcinzm 3y ago
    > Rabbit is doing it now. You mean Perplexity, Anthropic, and OpenAI are doing so now. Rabbit is just using their models. Also, Startups are not hackers.
  - dangus 3y ago
    I don’t think Rabbit AI has anything to do with “hacker” culture. It’s a dishonest business model based on a grift. They sell you a piece of redundant e-waste hardware that is less capable than existing websites and will inevitably shut down in literal months after Google and Apple inevitably show off their AI OS integrations in their developer conferences. Building a company that solely exists as a financial vehicle to be acquired or sell $50 plastic computers for $200 isn’t “hacking.” It’s a grift.
    - sniggers 3y ago
      Making something cool and selling it for a profit isn't grifting