rabbit r1 Unboxing and Hands-on

Now here is a difficult test. What is this? Now I see a dog in the picture. It appears to be a long-haired fluffy chihuahua or similar small dog. Very specific. The dog is sitting on a wooden or laminate floor. That's exactly what she is. Although she's a long-haired chihuahua, that's exactly what she is. Jack says she's a long-haired chihuahua named Marissa, so in this box is one of the first R1

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AI smart devices. I'm curious to try this. I remember when it was announced, obviously, I saw the keynote, I saw the different voice-based instructions and behaviors of the device and I also saw the industrial design which in this case has a cool retro look, a patch and a very small pin as a companion of AI. a dense foam piece and really cool quite futuristic packaging.

Wow, that orange is extremely vibrant. I mean, you almost feel like you don't want to throw this away. A speaker. The scroll wheel. The

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's eye. Unique hardware. We have type C. You see. To boot, the fun thing about this is that it reminds me of a different era in technology where not everything was a smartphone, where there were different devices that did different things and had different form factors. This wheel does not click, it is very smooth but it has some weight, it has a little resistance, so it asks me to go to the rabbit.

Technology to activate this device, I'm going to do that and we'll go back and start testing this, so I have the device booted up now and it's important to note at this point that this is very In fact, in the early days, I think I'm in possession of the first unit right now as I'm filming this, even in the time I've had this, it's had multiple updates, things will change and it's obviously part of a long and ongoing project to deliver the full breadth of what This technology will eventually be able to do, so the intended use here is essentially a voice assistant that gives you answers to questions, uses its built-in camera to identify things, and eventually finds a way to integrate with a variety of different apps. that you regularly use some of the connections that exist at this point, such as Dash mid Journey Spotify and Uber.

I'll give you a quick example of how it works, play Daft Punk on Spotify. get the music now, obviously I can't play much of that for copyright reasons, the album art, so that's an example of an integration that currently exists, but you could imagine it expanding to a variety of others things, but let's get started. a little simpler and ask a couple of questions who are the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The team was established in 1917 and is one of the six original NHL teams.

The next thing I'm going to do is talk to the assistant without context so I can continue with the previous question, who is the best player. The Toronto Maple Leafs have a rich history with many iconic players, according to search results, some of the best. Players in team history include Dave Keon Sil, Ted Kennedy, Johnny Bower, Tim Horton, Ora, Salming, Daryl Sitler, To determine the best current player, one would need to consider recent performance statistics, individual awards and team success. It's pretty impressive, it's very detailed, to the point that you're not really breaking out of the existing support software that you probably have on your phone.

This is not a voice-activated assistant, but everything is done through this mechanical button to enter the interface like Shake. I end up with these menu options for The brightness that I can hold and adjust this way is an interesting interface and if you're familiar with products designed by teenage engineers, it's familiar to you if I want to change the volume of the voice that I hold and scroll, It's a two-stage situation. you have it on Max right now, you actually have screen based input by flipping the device like this and here you can see a keyboard that appears, we flip it the other way and put it back.

The other interesting thing is the continuous language. not having to reiterate the previous question, but being able to just build on it like the three consecutive Toronto Maple Leafs questions and you'll remember even now who had the most goals this season, the player who scored the most goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the current season, Austin Matthews has been a key scorer for the team and has consistently performed at a high level throughout the season. Now you can clear the device memory by tapping this button five times. Now, the other interesting thing. What's here is this camera or what they call an eye, so if I double-tap this button, the vision comes up and I'm going to bring in a couple of objects.

This is pretty easy. What am I looking at? If you are looking at a Wilson NBA basketball, the basketball has the Wilson logo and branding prominently displayed as well as the NBA logo indicating that this is an official NBA basketball fall. NBA. What am I looking at? Are you looking at a plant in a pot with green grass? -like leaves in a gray pot on a wooden table in the background there is a person in a gray shirt and a desk set up with computer monitors is the detail actually it is almost like an unexpected detail I can even read a text that is on my phone this out loud checking out now Frank Moli is deeply proud of his Italian roots.

Moli established a home and business in Woodbridge, Ontario, a short drive from Toronto, and his commercial plumbing operation soon brought him financial success with an equally desirable motorcycle. Keep it up is a relatively quick read and conversion of an article on a phone. Now here is a difficult test. What is this? Check it out. Now I see a dog in the picture. He appears to be a fluffy long-haired chihuahua or similar little one. very specific dog the dog is sitting on a hardwood or laminate floor Marissa the long haired chihuahua one was able to identify what should I do if I'm looking for a fun activity on a Saturday night in the Toronto area fun activities Things to do a Saturday night in the Toronto area include testing your limits at CN tow Ed walking enjoying a cocktail on the rooftop of the Drake Hotel exploring Scarboro Bluffs singing karaoke at a bar stopping to smell the flowers at Allen Gardens and the speed will be Es key here to have widespread adoption, it's going to have to happen fast, feel comfortable and informal, and that's pretty much what that answer was now.

Is there any way I can track it? I need to do something cheap, not expensive and economical. options on a Saturday night in the Toronto area, you might consider having a picnic at Trinity bwoods Park, exploring The Distillery District, attending just sit there, nod right now, Square, you see what I'm saying, you see, you see what I'm saying . some of this stuff is free Mo didn't notice when moving his desk now he's this guy now he's always available maybe that's what he was looking for yeah hey those first things sounded a little expensive can you give me an option cheap?

Went and found five of them, it's so fun to experiment with them. I know a lot of people will have a lot of ideas and opinions about what kind of place it will be because you have a phone and this is a different style of interaction. but many of the tasks end up being similar to what you do on your phone, but in a different and more conversational way. Now I'm an early adopter, so if you know, I see this and I'm willing to move on. that journey and I recognize that today is not going to be everything I hope it can eventually be, but I personally was very, very excited about interfaces that are primarily voice-based and require less screen time, essentially less time where you're enthralled by your screen and More time looking around and interacting with the voice of the world presents that opportunity and AI assistants are how we get there, so those subtle differences in the approach to understanding the conversational component of context will be the key to my personal experience. use and I think eventually widespread adoption now the next way to power your assistant is through something called lamb that is being integrated into this device which are large action models that are different than language models, this is the ability to dictate an eventual action that your AI assistant will take, so this operating system works with two types of AI models, large language models and large action models, the language model is responsible for understanding what you are saying and then obviously the action model is responsible for the action that is performed. place, so that's the best AI experience and I think the most difficult and ambitious aspect is how to go from having an assistant that is strictly language-based to executing tasks on your behalf, so I watched the keynote as you.

Did I see any of these activities, like booking vacations and ordering food from Door Dash? These are end-to-end tasks and we can see a million ways in which they could be too complex and I think they will be difficult to implement, but they will be a sort of beta or initial phase considering that they represent this new type of AI interaction, so the Another thing that came up in our discussions here in the studio is why does this exist, why do we have this nice, attractive bright orange square. It's lovely to interact with anything that comes close to teenage engineering, but why do we need something physical?

Why do we have to have some physical hardware instead of just an app? Let's say on a smartphone it's hard to get people excited about something that's strictly software based, if you look at all the thumbnails and all the hype surrounding this particular device, this bright orange block has got people excited. interest in a new method of interaction, what hardware represents is an opportunity to get people excited about a new input method that is no longer touch-based or app-based, this is still a relatively marginal technology experiment, yes, in some ways, yes, but for those people who are early adopters, like me, or who are interested in trying new technologies and possibly changing the way they interact, it could be.

An interesting and exciting piece of hardware, now the other thing worth talking about is the price. There are other devices that compete with this one that launched at much higher prices, they cost $199 and sure you can get a full smartphone for $199 I don't think this fills the same space aimed at people who want to play with something new and enjoy the idea of ​​experimenting with a new platform with a new interface after many years we have spent with a single focus Computing, which is a touch screen smartphone. I think anyone interested in purchasing this already has a smartphone and understands to some extent what they're getting into, in a first step towards our eventual future of computing.

You have to admit it's pretty, you have to admit it.