Okay Rabbit R1, You Have Our Attention!

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1. I see no reason for this. None. Looks like a child's toy, so even the form factor holds no appeal to me.

   If the plan is to not replace your phone, now you'd have two dusturbing objects to carry around with you. Both of which you have to pick up and aim at things, or to talk to. Makes no sense.

   And it. has. a. screen. A. SCREEN! Where you have to look at things and press buttons. The very thing you want to avoid. Why cant you just SPEAK your consent e.g. when ordering something?

2. Im buying it if it can get me 99's in Runescape undetected

3. The brother in the beige jacket and Marquees sound identical.

4. My Google Nest just keeps googling things I ask it to do, I end up yelling and cursive at it with it telling me to submit a bug report.

5. @14:58 You can't call it a phone just because it makes phone calls. You can also make calls on your computer but that doesn't make it a phone.
   If you have it as an app on a phone it would then inherit all the restrictions of the phone it would be on. Also the LAM is processed on the device which makes it respond promptly.

6. I have a hard time thinking that Google and Apple are gonna play nice with a company that makes a bot to essentially make their staple products mostly just toys for entertainment. Apple did not build the ecosystem they have just to allow Rabbit to dismantle it.

   Rabbit wants to deal directly with Apps. Well App companies have spent A TON of money on their UI. And UI is a HUGE asset to the big boys. If a big player realizes that the R1 removes the UI for the customer and so the customer's ONLY concern at the point is PRICE, then it becomes a race to bottom. Which means less profits. Which means… they probably won't want R1's using their services.

   And blocking R1 from using their services will be the end to that Voice Activated Scrapper Bot. lol I predict if this catches on we will see a rise in reCaptchas. lol

7. This company's looking to be acquired, it makes more sense for AI to be part of the phone OS, not another standalone device.

8. The price point is a major factor in the attractiveness of this device….not everyone can afford a 1000 dollar Iphone

9. do you guys remember when Google announced a service they were beta testing that would allow you to set up an appointment for a haircut or a reservation at a restaurant? It would call the phone number and speak to the human and set up the appt or reservation.. then report the info of your appointment. I don't know what ever happened to that.. but i think this is in that realm. I think it would also answer your phone for you like an assistant and then could tell you when a call came from a particular phone number or person.. but if you didn't want to speak to that person it could take a message for you.

10. You’re right but also…not a chance google was coming out with this 2 months from now.. same with Apple…sorry but Siri suckkkssss and so does Alexa

11. What can go wrong with this gadget? Tell everybody I’m gonna be late, send nude pic to boyfriend…sends nude pic to EVERYBODY

12. Apple and Google won't make a similar system.

    Their business is the app platform. This undermines the ability for app developers to advertise and arguably replaces any need for specialized apps.

    You could for instance ask it to find a highly rated safe driver that you could pay for a ride to the air port. People could essentially cut out the middle man (Uber) while booking ride shares and do it safely.

    Theoretically you could use AI to replace any app, undermining the entire app development ecosystem for the gig economy. This is simply too big of a business model threat for Apple and Google to follow.

13. What I like about rabbit R1 and other devices such as the humane pin is that it challenges the notion of having a phone; what the utility of having a phone is and a deeper question of what the purpose of a phone is

14. On a pixel, you launch assistant by long holding the power button. It is already in listening mode so you dony need a wake word. It has a screen, and two cameras and a speaker. That is functionally identical to the R1 but I already own the thing that does it. As much as a cool little bright orange rabbit assistant would be cool and make me feel like im living in the future, if google assistant in a year or two can do the same things software wise, the extra cost and hastle of another thing I need to carry around and keep charged just wouldnt be worth it

15. Integration into existing systems would be incredibly difficult without being the vendor.

    That’s why they created it from scratch it’s way easier.

16. At least the pin was light and 'always on you.' Idk why people are getting excited for this over the pin.

17. Unfortunately it does nothing you couldn't write an app for, that said, DOA

18. Yu had me at "this doesn't replace your existing phone". Why would I want a second little box in my pocket again…??????

19. What we really need is a device like this but smaller…thinner, that has the capability to interface with the user (not the other way around) in such a way that passwords are NEVER needed. We need something that requires ZERO touch input (as R1 doesn't) but can access my e-mails, banking, and any other accounts in real-time with sub-second response times. If I ask it to connect to my account with a brand new service that just launched and a perform a series of specific tasks, then it can do so in less than a second. (In the background, it will have just familiarized itself with the API documentation and written a custom API integration, giving it the ability to connect to and interface with my account in real time.) Finally, making use of the HD screen, we need a device that can create bespoke, optimized, situational UI’s on-the-fly in real-time, giving the user the ability to interface with the desired task or series of tasks on his own terms.

20. This device reminds me of that little red device used by Joaquin Phoenix's character in the film, "her".

21. I find the argument kind of silly that phones are too exhausting by having to make five clicks versus saying one thing. Although I get to sentiment of wanting to make things faster, at the same time, what are we really trying to achieve by being able to go through our phone faster?

22. I see a lot of potential for this product. For the longest time, I have been wanting a device where I could take a walk, listen to my music, but not be distracted by everything else the phone has. Like one of the host were saying if he was going out to meet up with friends and he didn’t need an entire device, this would make a lot of sense also in situations like music festivals and concerts where I don’t necessarily want to be worrying about my valuables having this cheaper alternative makes a lot of sense as well.

23. Even I am at home alone, I don’t use siri or alexa. I just don’t like to speak to my phone.

24. So this is for old people so they wont have to use apps. Like the Jitterbug phone.

25. I didn't understand the obsession with green bubble,if Apple won't step up others will. One thing that has gotten my attention is how similar it is to the new S24, a cheaper version even. It will be interesting to see how it evolves.

26. This would be good for young children because it has no games.

27. You can already tell the Google Assistant to "book an Uber to my office" and it instantly loads the app ready for you on the confirm button. It's lightning fast, too. "Call me an Uber" is a ball drop on Google's part, though.

28. Although it could have been an app we Know there would have been a monthly subscription involved with the app. People always forget that Most app require a subscription involved (thanks Adobe for spearheading the model) in the long run I believe this might be cheaper

29. Tesla should buy it and fuse it with Grok and make it a tesla smartphone.

30. Don’t compare to a phone. This can be the next Ai hacking tool. Without any OS restricting us 24:18

31. This could be the “Flipper Zero” using Ai 21:50

32. For all we know, that thing could be a “big o surveillance device” …that’s why it’s so inexpensive. 🤔

33. looks like the device from "her"

34. This is exactly why I feel like the ai pin will be a better companion device than this Rabbit R1. If the same levels of ability come to the humane ai pin I can see that device coming to be a very powerful device for use around the home and maybe also outside the home?

35. Wouldn't it be so cool to name your assistant? Like instead of "Hey Google" you could just call it whatever you want

36. that "call me an uber"
    "hello Mr.Uber"
    interaction is the biggest selling point for an alternative device which will still make the same type of errors

37. So far it's functions that can go into a smartphone.

38. Is this like Tamagotchi? Do I need to feed the rabbit and take out its poop?

39. I ordered this on presale and I've now been given a free 12 month subscription to Perplexity which can do most of what the R1 does so why do we need a separate hardware device? Well, it's cute and it's only $200 so why not? There may even be a community who hacks it opening up unlimited possibilities.
    I just want a cute AI rabbit tamagotchi tbh 🤗

40. Add mag safe charging and it connects to iPhone. Boom, problem solved.

41. If they brought this to market in less than 2 months, Apple is about to drop something huge.

42. Why do you keep saying this is $200 compared to $600. This is a SECONDARY device. It's not a phone replacement. I don't want this. It gives no advantage over my Android phone with Copilot, Bing, Google Assistant, Alexa, Uber, Google Lens. My phone already does natural language processing TODAY.

43. Why the favoritism towards Google, Siri and Alexa? All 3 provide horrible experiences, are late adopters and are playing catch up to ChatGPT, Microsoft, Bing, Claude and Copilot.

44. This sounds like having a detective constantly watch all your moves and record everything u say. Dont know why i should switch from my phone now

45. How is this different than Bing Copilot? Why would I want a second device? It's certainly not going to REPLACE a phone!

46. So I was already looking at getting a Perplexity Pro subscription because I have using it a lot more lately, and the fact the R1 costs the same price and came with Perplexity Pro for a year, made it an easy choice for me to pick up.

47. I think you guys are overthinking this thing. I'm convinced It's just Bixby routines on steroids, nothing more. They will probably have a team of people who update these routines as apps get updated and the routines need to change. The only thing that is a bit complicated is the language processing layer that has to pick the correct routine and capture feedback that's then relayed to the user.

    At least this is how I would have implemented it 😁

48. Honestly, half the game they're probably playing is being first to market with this tech, and now anyone wanting to emulate it will have to pay them or they'll just buy them out. Classic entrepreneur trick. Make waves, scare/intrigue the big boys, let them give you tons of money, move onto your next project.

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