The Verge | Rabbit R1 review: somehow worse? @TheVerge | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
The adorable, whimsical and a very orange Rabbit R1 is here and it left us wondering if these AI-powered gadgets are even a good idea. The most intriguing tech in the R1 is what Rabbit calls the “Large Action Model”. Where a large language model, or LAM, is all about analyzing and creating text, the LAM is supposed to be about doing stuff. But in our week-long testing, the R1 has consistently proven to be underwhelming, unpredictable and often wrong and entirely pointless.
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00:00 Intro
01:30 Music & podcasts (Spotify)
02:45 LAM (Large Action Model) and R1 apps
05:05 Things R1 can’t do (timer, reminders, calendar, e-mail, GPS)
06:45 Demos (Vision, scene recognition, ChatGPT)
09:10 R1 or Humane AI Pin or smartphone?
10:03 Hardware, design and UX (scroll wheel, touch screen)
12:07 Voice recorder
12:52 Conclusion
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The adorable, whimsical and a very orange Rabbit R1 is here and it left us wondering if these AI-powered gadgets are even a good idea. The most intriguing tech in the R1 is what Rabbit calls the “Large Action Model”. Where a large language model, or LAM, is all about analyzing and creating text, the LAM is supposed to be about doing stuff. But in our week-long testing, the R1 has consistently proven to be underwhelming, unpredictable and often wrong and entirely pointless.
Read more: https://trib.al/4MYXjtz
00:00 Intro
01:30 Music & podcasts (Spotify)
02:45 LAM (Large Action Model) and R1 apps
05:05 Things R1 can’t do (timer, reminders, calendar, e-mail, GPS)
06:45 Demos (Vision, scene recognition, ChatGPT)
09:10 R1 or Humane AI Pin or smartphone?
10:03 Hardware, design and UX (scroll wheel, touch screen)
12:07 Voice recorder
12:52 Conclusion
Subscribe: goo.gl/G5RXGs
Like The Verge on Facebook: goo.gl/2P1aGc
Follow on Twitter: goo.gl/XTWX61
Follow on Instagram: goo.gl/7ZeLvX
Follow on TikTok: bit.ly/42VeCVU
The Vergecast Podcast: pod.link/430333725
Decoder with Nilay Patel: apple.co/3v29nDc
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Read More: theverge.com
Community guidelines: bit.ly/2D0hlAv
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