Rabbit R1 & Humane Ai Pin: Why AI Hardware Will Fail

AI devices have problems-and its not even just that they suck-its Apple and Google.
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Unveil the reality behind the Rabbit R1 and Humane Ai Pin in this revealing video. Despite their lofty promises, both devices disappoint with issues like battery woes and limited functionality. Delve into the reasons why these gadgets may not live up to the hype, and explore how industry giants like Apple, with their robust infrastructure and on-device AI capabilities, are poised to dominate the AI landscape. Discover why Apple's integration of AI into their smartphones puts them leagues ahead of the competition.
0:00 Hype is bullbird, man
1:29 Why couldn't AI devices just be apps?
2:11 Ai Pin's hardware sucks
4:19 Rabbit's hardware sucks more
5:57 Monica AI (sponsor)
7:01 Ai Pin and R1 software is ENTIRELY different
7:34 Humane's software approach
8:43 Rabbit's very different software approach
9:06 Vision-based features
10:33 Rabbit's no-good, very-bad "apps"
13:23 These CAN do things your phone can't do as well
15:34 But, they're rare...
16:36 AI is coming-but from Apple
18:05 AI will "happen" on the smartphone
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[@rcuadro]

If Siri performs better than your device then perhaps it is time to call it a day and go home

[@mikebalentine]

Yeah, I even did a test for his search of who hosts snazzy labs and while Siri did not speak the answer it did come up with the correct one near instantly.

[@boburanus69]

Can you imagine a use case for a device where AI might be useful, but you DON"T want to bring an expensive smartphone? Can you imagine a use case for a device where it's very design makes it far more useful to people on the go? People who don't want to stop and doom scroll a phone for 5 minutes every time there's a notification? Ever think that maybe most smartphone use.... isn't good/healthy? Everything about smartphones is about assisting you through life. All features, all aspects, designed to be 'assistants.' AI is new, needs to continue to iterate to be where we can reliable use it instead of the current trend of smartphones. Legit use cases for Rabbit R1 1. Going out for a run/exercise/physical activity. 2. Construction/engineering site. 3. Maintain tabs on children when they are out in the community. 4. school settings, learning aid. Notice how none of these are 'I need a smartphone' reasons to have one? Maybe... you don't always need a smartphone as a tool, but maybe there are ways to provide AI powered tools to people who don't want to use a smartphone.

[@maksymfedoriaka2851]

​@@boburanus69 I can imagine that, but a second device that's useful only some of the time is a much harder sell. And I don't see these things replacing the phone entirely for pretty much anyone. There are so many useful things a smartphone does that rely on physical user input and/or I wouldn't blindly trust an AI to get right. It's easier and cheaper to discipline yourself with a phone, rather that buying a secondary gismo

[@boburanus69]

@@maksymfedoriaka2851 but this isn't a second device. For most if the situations I listed, it's your only device. And yes, AI itself needs work to become more reliable/useful. If I'm going on a run, maybe I'm taking this rabbit R1 to have some assistance if needed, or access to music, whatever else the thing does. Need emergency services? But maybe I don't want to take my expensive, heavy smartphone, and maybe I don't have a watch. I don't like this product at all, and even I can u derstand how it would fit for a lot of people. It's not meant to compete with a smartphone, it's meant to offer a different experience than a smartphone. 10 years from now, either of these products might replace smartphones, but not if reviews call them bad producs based on faulty premises. And again, I don't even like either of these products.

[@rcuadro]

@@boburanus69 I don't understand your thinking in your examples. 1. Going for a run? Why the hell would I take the Rabbit R1 with me running or exercising or any physical activity? If I am going to have something in my pocket why would I want the R1 when I already have my iPhone. If I don't want my phone I can use my Apple Watch or any other smart watch. 2. What possible advantage could the R1 have in this scenerio? 3. Again why do I need a separate device to so what I already can with my phone or smartwatch. 4. Same same.

[@Steve-lu1nc]

I watch MKBHD to get a great glimpse into a regular consumer perspective. I watch SnazzyLabs to get a tech nerd perspective

[@joelediger1728]

Same. Very true!

[@personzorz]

The fake reboot hallucinatuon is just hilarious

[@compaqdeskpro5770]

It must be picking up on tech support chat logs where the customer knowingly lies about rebooting.

[@HVDynamo]

It's a lot like the fake Shutdown that Microsoft added to windows back in Windows 8 where it was more of a hibernate than a shutdown. That one drove me nuts as I wanted the shutdown to actually do what it says.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

last time I heard phones r also not completely off ....just something like hibernating

[@lasskinn474]

one of the stories in "I, robot" is a telepath story, the robot can read minds and it can't hurt people, the can't hurt people is turned into that it can't hurt peoples feelings so it has to tell them what they want to hear. the llm is tuned by letting the user hear what they consider as the correct response. it just doesn't have the actions to go along with the answers and it doesn't have any real deduction skills.

[@jeffreymanier0]

The backlash for calling out these garbage products is insane. There is ZERO practical use for either of these products which is literally what theyre supposed to be used for: practical, everyday use. And they cant even get that right. Make garbage products and you deserve your failure. I actually think the reviewers of these products have been more than fair reviewing them.

[@scottwittla]

Yeah well companies just gaslight you into buying stuff nowadays instead of providing anything with legitimate value

[@Picollus1]

@@scottwittlathe goal of these startup is to be bought by a bigger one and ceo retire at 25. Not create real product/service.

[@carylittleford8980]

You have never worked with elderly, disabled, illiterate people have you? There is a lot of excitement for devices like the rabbit r1 in the disability, elder care, education, tourism, industrial industries etc.

[@jeffreymanier0]

@@carylittleford8980 yea of course there is and it’s understandable. But, these products dont do ANYTHING well, like i literally said, the practical everyday use of these products is actually terrible. It would still inconvenience even the disabled

[@BixbyConsequence]

@@Picollus1 Yes, you've got it. I have occasion to listen to MBA students and this is exactly the path they focus on. They can go on for hours without ever talking about any specific technology, engineering concepts, or user benefit. They simply want to find a path to exploit engineers and turn them into gold by timing these buyouts. Financial alchemy.

[@denisruskin348]

Glad you stepped in man. Was following the Marques-gate and it's not justfified. First you poke at the guy with dumb statements, then you release an objectively horrendous and unnecessary product and then the reviewer is to blame for calling it what it is? What the hell? God, the hypocresy on this planet. Stay Snazzy.

[@codycast]

Marquesgate?

[@denisruskin348]

@@codycast Dude is now getting called as the start up killer. The company said in a pre launch briefing that they ''don't think MKBH would call it the worst product he's ever reviewed''. Dude then did exactly that, rightfuly in a very detailed review and suddenly got massive hate online from devs and so on.

[@bartltt456]

The whole reviewer ethics thing is just engagement bait at this point, no way anyone is that delusional LOL

[@LauS0]

He gave AVP a pass because the industry's standard Apple bias, he hyped what it could to do in the future to the moon and back but he doesn't give other companies the same chance, and don't give me the old Apple delivers because the don't people just seem to forget

[@suobset]

@@LauS0 The difference with AVP being that it currently does everything that the marketing says it does?? The future is his speculation, but AVP does 100% of everything currently that Apple has said it could do. The Rabbit/Humane people say that their devices will do what they're advertising in the future.

[@watchit2341]

Love the backup for MKB, you guys know what you’re doing and not here to just take the bag and give compliments, your job is to give honest reviews 🤙

[@katrinabryce]

MKB wasn't the first review to call this out, or at least it wasn't the first review I saw in my feed. It was the first one I watched, but I had seen other channels in my recommended feed with headlines saying exactly the same thing.

[@z0phi3l]

@@katrinabryce They were trying to cancel MKB for saying they were trash

[@TheHookUp]

Absolutely spot on with every point. This video is a masterclass on the current state of AI hype and what needs to happen to turn the hype into a (working) reality.

[@snazzy]

Big praise coming from you. Thanks, man!

[@phdonme1]

No one needs AI. It's just the next thing to make sure the stock valuation of these companies stays up. It's useless. Especially now since people have found a way to corrupt the data sets that it keeps stealing. Not to mention the objectively ridiculous amount of energy it needs. AI will never be able to be left alone by itself to perform. If anything we should be working on quantum computing Because that would definitely help with AI.

[@adamSnyper]

11:05 "In theory, this sounds like a good idea" NO IT DOES NOT. You have essentially logged in using someone else's computer (AKA the cloud) and left it running

[@philamavikane9423]

I honestly don't know how they got away with that. Doesn't sound safe

[@PvtAnonymous]

getting Nothing vibes here...

[@sparklefizzy]

@@philamavikane9423 In fact, for a majority of the services they want to connect to it's very likely to be a TOS violation for the user to give their login details to a random intermediary like this. And I guess it means their "apps" will be super wonky for accounts using MFA.

[@Celphirio]

Reminds me of that iMessage workaround that had you logging in with your Apple credentials to some random-ass Mac Mini server farm

[@ludvig3242]

Considering the alternative is needing to get official applications specifically designed for a device nobody is buying. It makes sense

[@vylrent]

Your phone is completely capable of doing ALL the things that these crappy pins can! COMPLETELY!

[@Pray4MePls23]

A $40 smart speaker like an echo dot or a Google home mini is way better. It's way cheaper and gives you better results faster and more accurately too. And it actually plays music if you ask it too, lmao

[@fooflyz]

I maintain that these products exist as as pitch to get bought by Google / Apple.

[@philamavikane9423]

Fact

[@volvo09]

I would bet money on your side... This is something that will end up being bought by a big company and integrated into a phone or OS.

[@CryptoBrosVortex]

Humane pin and Rabbit R1 should have been an app and it was... all along!

[@hefoxed]

Rabbit could, but humane could not as its main objective is to be something to give people some phone functionality but without being a phone/having all those addictive screen elements. Saying this just be an app ignores the whole point of the pin. They both suck and aren't good enough to do what they're trying to do tho. Apparently meta glasses are doing it a bit better for that purpose. I think the 'wrong' people are reviewing the humane ai -- tech lovers are not really the target audience of something to get away from a particular type of tech. But having the target audience review it would still be bad reviews since it sucks. But likely would be less comments like this if people who actually want this type of thing.

[@SteelShirt99]

@@hefoxedFumbling through 100’s of millions to create an absolute garbage product intended at general audience and saying it’s not intended for tech audience is hilarious. All these products are aimed at general audience itself

[@aaronj3245]

@@hefoxed The People who wants to escape from phones who end up trying these products will be so irritated that they will go back to the normal phones. also these products were not really advertised for people who want to escape the addicting nature of the phones, but more on ai. The "wrong" people who review these products do and did consider the purpose you just mentioned just tried replacing their phones with the ai pin as much as possible, but it was 1) slower than just taking your phones, and 2) less ussfull, and 3) just straight up wrong in many situation. YOUR WRONG. Also the humane had a lack of important features like calling uber and more. Also the Rabbit is Litually a Device running android 13 with the rabbit launcher. don't believe me? just search it up. people were even able to run apps like Minecraft pe because its litually a crappy android device. so the short of it is that It doesn't have any real benefit compared to your phones. and even with the purpose you mentioned will not work, since its impossible to have the important features of your phone on these 2 products. making the people who use these products to have a phone on their pockets. So don't be informative without knowing your stuff.

[@Amphibax]

​@@hefoxedso who is the target audience? No one outside the tech world would even consider spending that amount of money of a gadget like that.

[@sodapone]

@@hefoxed A pin that worked as a companion to a phone-like a smartwatch- I think would have a place as an alternative form factor.

[@angelfabia]

Waiting for Rabbit to go Amazon's route and start getting people somewhere in the world to hear your audio request and then do it manually. Calling it ✨AI✨

[@yuu-kun3461]

Referencing the MKBHD drama in your title is quite something! But yeah, these AI products are marketing exaggerations at best.

[@FF-ch9nr]

he changed it lol, shame the new title is much worse

[@itswangso]

@@FF-ch9nrwhat was the original title?

[@yuu-kun3461]

@@itswangso "The Worst TWO Products I’ve Ever Reviewed" which references the MKHBD's videos about the same products, but particularly the one about the AI Pin which caused a lot of needless drama.

[@codycast]

Title should’ve been “my review of rabbit R1 and humane pin” Simple.

[@snazzy]

@@codycastThat’s why you’re not a KZbinr.

[@al1gned]

why is this video unlisted?

[@snazzy]

You found it before you were supposed to 😈

[@affeaff]

How did you find it so early?

[@h10hunter]

@@snazzyjust post it damn

[@MsMRkv]

Lol

[@snazzy]

@@h10hunterOh, I wish that was how this website worked.

[@mrfelface]

a video shitting on AI products and hype sponsored by an AI product is next level, I think you make alot of good points though

[@jeinnerabdel]

Your Spanish is great, my dude! I still recall a few years ago when you said "Mac OS EL CAPITAN" in perfect Spanish and I was like "WOW, I WASN'T EXPECTING CASPER SPEAKS SPANISH" LOL

[@citywitt3202]

I’m pretty sure it’s his first language

[@xEqualsRandom]

@@citywitt3202 I think he learned it because he took a break from KZbin a while back to become a missionary (in South America, I believe)

[@Incoherentdrivel]

6:31 "These ai products suck. Buy from my ai sponsor instead." 🤨

[@over9000andback]

Conflict of interest detected

[@hilal_younus]

Gotta pay the bills

[@ludvig3242]

@@over9000andback Are you being dense on purpose?

[@ludvig3242]

Well yeah, not all AI products are made equal

[@jinu1024]

I gotta say, Quinn hit all the nails for the AI assistant in your pocket/hands quite accurately. I mean other tech reviews were bland and not as deeply analyzed for the product use case beyond what the manufacturer has shown, the competitor product/ technology and how they stack up against them (Esp Phones & laptops) . I always thought Smart watches from the likes of Apple and Google were the perfect competitor for these products given their intent to use, but the sheer lack of technology/software to enable these use cases was the lacking factor for them. If these big tech companies integrate these tech products within their mobile ecosystem (phone+watch+earbuds). This will be the true evolution of AI and smart digital assistants integrating with your pocketable, powerful devices with the capability of ambient computing.

[@smohan123]

Great video. Im especially happy for the well annotated chapters. Let me skip to exactly what i wanted to know about

[@gordonsph]

best review hands down, knowledgeable and insightful, the testing scenes are well thought out, great vid, kudos!

[@oNeEarThCitIzeN]

I agree with you. I remember the internet of things, everything being connected to the internet but a washer and dryer does not need to be connected to work, an useless feature. At the same tine, consider having sponsors that compete with your product review. It can apper to be a conflict of interest.

[@CL-yp1bs]

Bro the Monica sponsorship on a video dunking on AI assistants is savage and i am here for it! LOL

[@afridihossain4155]

Great video, you nicely broke down what these devices do unique to themselves yet why they are still quite redundant

[@ZanaGBYT]

A pedantic addendum for the joke at 01:15 Bunny rabbits, actually, don't really like carrots beyond being an ocassional treat. It's also a health hazard due to lots of starch in them. They'd rather snack on grass and other veggies. The green part of the carrots though? Those are fair game.

[@szmr]

Quite frankly, this was the channel I was looking forward to producing a video on these devices. Nice work!

[@RolandGustafsson]

Your review and conclusions are the best I've seen so far in this saga. Excellent insights!

[@Arnoldismouldy]

dude you are seriously underrated...this is the best video ive watched on this topic by a LOOOOONG shot

[@Dionysus56]

The last thing I want from ai is it to take jobs away from creatives; that’s the best part about humans. I want to be able to tell Siri to order specific food from DoorDash or edit images like you said at the end of the video. Basically anything to speed up workflows but not take jobs away from people who do any kind of art, whether that be music, movies, or drawings.

[@MBunn-uf1we]

AI wont replace creatives. rather it'll allow creatives to be more productive. it'll just mean a lot of the more mediocre creatives will get filtered out as AI can only really produce mediocre remixes of existing work.

[@tormaid42]

Okay but it is actively taking jobs from creatives this very moment while doing none of the useful things you mentioned reliably.

[@r1e5p3l7i2c]

- There is a place for something in the form factor of a presentation clicker or iPod shuffle - just a camera and a microphone but it offloads processing to your phone or computer and plays back through your earbuds. - The pin's end game vision is of an always on aid, but the energy usage just isn't low enough yet. - Everyone is angsty for the next major evolution in human-computer interfacing that changes what our product environment looks like - it's neurolink (embeds) not wearables.

[@lasskinn474]

take the straps off your apple or android watch and there you go thats your clicker. the pins marketing was already an always on aid that would make your meeting notes for you. that's what naive hype marketing people believed after seeing their trailer, when told it doesn't have battery to do that they would say thats why it has the hot swap batteries and when told that's not enough they would ponder and say that the company wouldn't lie. at which point it had to be just pointed out to that yes they would mislead you, why wouldn't they - this is a true encounter, not just an example. and the company probably got funding by lying as well and managed to find funding who didn't stop to ask why is it a device this technology is a billion dollar market if it works magically like that just as a software.

[@wolfisraging]

I bet your sponsor is 10x more useful than these 2 dotshit products

[@snazzy]

Pretty much yeah lol

[@TechTipsUSA]

15:00 and the gym garage video.

[@zedlyfe]

I 100% agree. Something Apple would never do but Google could pull off would be to release an SDK so that a 3rd party AI device could work like it was made by the manufacturer. If the AI pin could send/receive messages/calls from the same number as your phone, then you could decide to temporarily use one of these devices when you want to disconnect from your full phone (while still having access to some of the core functionality of a phone), but you wouldn’t have to tell all your friends/family “use this number to reach me for the next few hours.”

[@bladeofky]

“Hype often exceeds reality” Truer words have never been spoken

[@ArunWadhwa]

Love the addition of Apple’s AI efforts at the end. While true, Daring Fireball and other newsletters and blogs have been covering some of it, I just love how Quinn just links everything and presents it so cohesively in a relevant video!

[@ofrutsra]

Man said that thing about this device finding his wife’s name like that was a good thing

[@husbeard]

I appreciate your video on a Sunday "afternoohoon".

[@hiddemoens82]

I must say I'm pretty impressed by Gemini. I did a small whiskey tasting at some point. And just out of interest I snapped a pic of the 3 bottles I had lined up. I asked for tasting notes of each bottle and finally asked it what the drinking order should be. It pretty much confirmed what my reasoning was and was able to give more information as well. Of course it's still something you should fact check. But the fact that it got the correct whiskeys out of that image and was able to give a comprehensive tasting notes list and drinking order is insane to me. Really looking forward to the next chapter

[@ryoji4200]

No me esperaba que Snazzy Labs hablara español. Suena súper bien!

[@TrevorAgli]

I properly enjoyed your review of these devises the most, even beyond MKBHD and MrWhoseTheBoss. Shocked this is my first time watching a video of yours - you got a new sub ❤

[@dan9700]

Love your videos

[@jack_hallauer]

This is such a well-written video. Thank you for your great work, Quinn.

[@anthony7400]

Thanks your the first tech reviewer that said the same thing I did in the other reviewers comments. This all going to be on our phones and if you need a remote interface/mic/screen it will be on our smart watches.

[@Scalloops]

ive watched a lot of coverage of these things and i literally still have no idea what the fuck the intended use case of them is

[@BehindTheFilm]

Really great video. You asked what AI I’m using: AnySelect for Mac. 👌🏼 Incredibly useful. Monica does sound interesting though.

[@codarobo]

The Rabbit R1 does have hardware features that would make a lot more sense on a playdate 2, like a backlit/color/touch screen, a more sleek rotary input than the crank (my biggest complaint about the playdate, actually), etc. I think a playdate 2 that took some of the R1's decent hardware/design features (even if they suck in the context of a smartphone replacement like this wants to be) would be a great followup to the original. The R1 seems like a waste of what is, to my eyes at least, a cute and sleek little design. Throw in a built-in solution for doing basic media playback, a la mp3/media players of the 00's, and you have an extremely cute and desirable boutique handheld.

[@mr.dikkens]

Great video! I miss a mention though regarding the fact that rabbit r1 is in fact an app and based on android. Curious to hear your opinion on this matter.

[@lachlanlau]

The Rabbit is such a fun concept, especially with it's physical interface. Not many devices have one these days..

[@phdonme1]

The company is being investigated right now by coffee It's a scam product so by scam company? Why would I carry multiple devices around on me when I have another device that does it better than this? Why?

[@lachlanlau]

@@phdonme1 It's like how the new Subaru crosstrek no longer has physical controls for the climate control. Physical controls are something lost to time..

[@phdonme1]

@@lachlanlau Subaru is less than 1% of all the vehicles sold in the world So I wouldn't really use them as a measuring stick for what kind of analysis controls people want in cars. I would use Toyota as my measuring stick since they are the number one selling manufacturer in the entire world. I believe all of their vehicles still have analogue controls. For most functions including heating cooling etc Do you understand what I'm saying? Subaru doesn't have a luxury version of their vehicles. Which if you look at Lexus they still use analog controls. I wouldn't say it's lost to time. Even the Lexus LFA has analog controls. Which is one of the most technically crazy Toyota cars besides the LS. Don't let your perception be determined by your line of sight.

[@lachlanlau]

@@phdonme1 hifi components are gone, in favour of a phone as a music source. why are people returning to analog? the “real thing” has real appeal also yes i watched the update video and while rabbit itself is a scam, other teenage engineering products are not. just check out Red Means Recoridng and his OP-1.. the control knobs are a fundamental part of using the device and make music production quicker.

[@conath]

This was highly insightful. Even though I am following tech news, I could not make sense of the whole Apple local machine learning and AI pin bonanza on my own. Thank you!

[@ChrisThomas-xt4jh]

I’m really liking my Meta Ray-Bans. I’d be wearing sunglasses anyways so it’s not really an additional device to carry around, and I find the usage to be pretty intuitive (“hey translate this text I’m looking at”). I’d certainly recommend checking it out as an alternative to the AI Pins reviewed in the video.

[@LeiZhou-hm2xs]

just curious for timeline of self driving car, are you changing your mind on seeing the latest FSD 12?

[@kenneth_romero]

What's also cool is Chris Latner (a software engineer that built lots of the infrastructure for apples software) is making a new language but also a new compiler to better suit accelerators of today. pretty cool stuff, he did a talk with Kris Jenkins. basically, trying to make our software go brrr on new accelerator cards, such as GPUs, Mining Cards and NPUs.

[@chateauaerien]

Yeah Tim Cook said "I can't go in to detail right now but I am very excited about what we can share with you in the upcoming weeks" 'bout 8 times when asked about generative AI in last weeks earnings call. Can't be much clearer than that.

[@user-qy2wf2lt6v]

This is code for "we don't have much, but our presentation will blow you away!"

[@chateauaerien]

@@user-qy2wf2lt6v No, that's code for " stfu, WWDC is in 5 weeks, so stop asking the same question over and over. Ofc. I'm not gonna say anything about what we'll announce in 5 weeks."

[@user-qy2wf2lt6v]

@@chateauaerien Sure. Code or not, it's now way to talk to your actuall boss.

[@darkmattterr]

one of my favorite videos from you in awhile no cap

[@snazzy]

Thanks!!

[@vivekpujaravp]

best review of these devices I've seen, really insightful

[@214ES]

3d print definitely changed my world over the past 10 years. Anyone who really put time into it.

[@ChrisSh1984]

A fantastic and insightful review, as always 👏

[@bufuCS]

And I thought Dave and Marques‘ reviews were harsh, this one tops them (in a honest and good way). Great review and explanation of the whole ‚AI race‘ situation in general, keep it up

[@snazzy]

Appreciate the kind words.

[@Marco-fo6vg]

As a non native english speaker, sometimes I struggle to get a sense of whether my speaking sounds "natural" or not... like, if what i just said or wrote would be how a native would say that. AI has been very helpful with that: I ask chat GPT to rephrase texts, and maybe quiz me about words and comprehension. I have to say that it's served me very well. (I'm gonna do the same with this post so you guys can judge. This is chat GPT's answer to the question "does this phrase sound natural?" Yes, that phrase sounds quite natural and is grammatically correct! It effectively communicates your thoughts about using AI, like ChatGPT, to improve your English speaking and writing skills. It's great to hear that AI tools like ChatGPT have been helpful for you in improving your language skills! If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask.)

[@subzero0000]

4:02 😂 now I know why the pin ceo always look so dead inside.

[@ShadowTheHellJumper]

Careful, the AI bros will come after you too! But I'm also glad to see another reviewer not give into the hype train that is AI whatevers

[@TheFenecFox]

This pins make me yearn for the days I was a kid with a Motorola RAZR. Phones haven't been fun since the iPhone X...

[@iXeo81]

I already use my iPhone 15 Pro Max to run Stable Diffusion image generation locally on device via the Draw Things app. It's amazing what these devs made possible. And now imagine what will be possible with the next iPhone coming this year in fall.

[@scottc.6847]

I cancelled my R1 order right after watching this, bought in to the hype. Quinn brought me back with a great reality check. Thanks, Snazzy Q!

Quinn really said NOT LIKE US and I’m here for it - stay snazzy 😂

[@legendaryfriday2505]

Agreed, these companies are simply trying to invent the wheel again, thinking that a squared wheel would work better. Great video!

[@svenf1]

Great analysis. I got a bit impulsive several weeks ago and had ordered the R1 the first time I saw it presented. By now I have seen a number of devastating reviews like this one, and managed to cancel the still pending order for full refund. I agree that smartphones will continue to be the #1 device type, and any and all wearables need to be able to connect to it or they're toast because enforced internet roundtrips for answers will never be fast and reliable enough to provide a satisfactory experience. The short battery life was the final nail in the coffin - babysitting those devices several times a day is ridiculous.

[@-aexc-]

ngl the sponsor seems like a major conflict of interest

[@Jakepearl13]

Makes this feel more like a hitpiece

[@Dustrick]

I've seen all different parts of your house by now and I'm wondering if you have something that shows more of the interior because I would like to emulate the style, I like a lot of the colors and furniture and shapes you have.

[@tech4now_]

Another great video Quinn

[@Carolyne_games]

Considering our biological features and social environments, the smartphone really is the ultimate portable computing device. In some places in California maybe, but in most populated places on the planet, people running around yelling at their devices and having them yell back really isn't a viable option. We're also a lot more efficient at processing large amounts of information visually, so having an AI assistant on your powerful smartphone that can provide easily viewable feedback is just a lot more effective.

[@jckatz]

On May 4th I asked for a star wars quote, Gemini told me I'm a large language model and can not answer that. I then said, that is literally your job. It said I was correct and then gave me the correct quote.

[@LaczPro]

"Además la función de traducción funciona muy bien" Yup. As a native Spanish-speaking guy, that was perfecto. I loved your review because it's dead-on about the wearables. That's definitely coming to the Apple Watch and every Wear OS watch (hopefully because Google is still Google)

[@pandaengine]

THANK YOU Quinn!!! These devices are just trying to do what Apple Watch, and heck even Android watches will do but do better very soon. This video got me super excited for WWDC because I feel like we're gonna be blown away with how Siri will all do these stuff the AI devices are trying to do, but we already own it!

[@OMG-2]

Thanks for a complete review of the pluses and minuses of these products. I sometimes buy tech gadgets to see what they are capable of and typically learn that the hype is much more than the reality. I think you saved me two purchases and two returns. I want tech that will change my life, but I don’t want that changed to be more frustration than the tech I already have…. Apple, can you please just do something about Siri?

[@OldMan_PJ]

I never heard of these AI wearables before your video, that said I don't even like Alexa on my phone, it just runs too slow. We really do need custom chips to handle these.

[@furkanoezbek6595]

These chips are already available on some Windows laptops or the Samsung Galaxy S24/Google Pixel 8

[@awwastor]

To be honest, I think these devices have a more fundamental problem: they solve a problem that doesn’t really exist. We’re good at using phones! Most people can unlock their phone and navigate to some app like Google Lens in less time than they’d take to activate a device and say „What is that uh red thing over there”. Voice based interfaces are useful, especially for side tasks such as remembering something for later or re checking the cooking temperature in the middle of cooking, and a conversation based interface is useful for this kind of information retrieval too, but restricting a device to near exclusively audio communication makes it less intuitive and much less efficient

[@awwastor]

for the receiving side people can read short snippets cold start much more quickly than they can cold start listen to them

[@beesharp9503]

I see you casually sneaking in that shot of the church office building…well played sir

[@MStrong95]

My question is why not just release a hardware optimized for on device processing AI as a Android phone? Basically just partner with teenage engineering and a smartphone maker and that sorts out everything but software. If the criticism is about a 3rd party app not having enough permissions, then with a smartphone maker for a partner you should be able to design the Android OS around the AI app and it's features. Considering how mature android is to develop for these days, I can't imagine this being too hard. Also if they have specialized hardware in their devices, trying to extract the app isn't going to go very well with regards to performance on other devices.

[@winst2000]

Exactly! They are both feature subset and redundant of existing smartphones and cost more than an app. The features can easily be implemented by Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.

[@PixelVogue]

Microsoft in the background lurking........... "Only Apple Can Succeed"...... my ass 😅😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@philamavikane9423]

They're trying so hard and it's just not working

[@furkanoezbek6595]

@@philamavikane9423 The AI functions that Microsopft has built in or offers are pretty smart and work as they should. They are very well integrated into their programs.

[@tdrg_]

Great of Microsoft to add AI to Bing… but who uses Bing again?

[@Root__314]

@@tdrg_more and more people apparently, including I. I started using Bing for the past month and I think it’s now better than Google Search.

[@markrenton7643]

Haha great review. I have an r1 myself thinking if it was too clunky, it’s at least a fun gadget for the kids. After asking what the bananas were 3 times and it saying the vision app wasnt available in terminal mode (what?!😂), they tossed it aside as well. Apple Watch looking mighty tempting now.

[@AdiGoldsteinComposer]

In my opinion, this is a "Kickstarter" project, and we are simply backing this project. I dislike backing companies that deliver "half-baked" products, and I felt the same way about the MKBHD review. This product belongs to the Kickstarter platform.

[@ironman127b]

I for one really want new mobile computing form factors that these new devices explore. We've reached the limits of the rectangular piece of glass. The rabbit R1 was interesting to me as it focused on a new interaction and it's limited features and clunky-er UI actually makes it nice for people who want to prevent doom scrolling lol. Either way the emergence of new novel tech and form factors is great for us tech nerds.

[@hujth6]

wait, you use basecamp? do you recommend it?

[@brandonminiman]

The dream is for my phone to use all of my messages, emails, photos, agenda and calls to train a *personal on-device LLM personal to ME* so I can say "Siri -- send my wife her favorite flavors on mother's day" or "what's the closest bar that serves my favorite cocktail?" or "send this funny meme to the people I usually send funny stuff to"

[@kylelowe]

The multi-modal AI in the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses is fun, plus they're pretty good sunglasses too.

[@nachot6592]

I'm sure the already competent Gemini + the superior Google Assistant will yield some pretty interesting results as well.

[@nick_yt23]

Xphone that integrates Grok uncensored AI with security at the heart of its operations is the future winner.

[@LS-jv4uh]

8:30 Lol the Humane AI sounds completely bored.

[@michaelsinghpurewal]

fuck awaiting pre order ... does rabbit have a return policy?

[@AmadeusAlmighty]

You without a beard is wild lol

[@Seankda]

15:14 - Everything is falling on the floor 15:03 - Tosses rabbit

[@punkmaniac]

I feel like the Rabbit R1 will be infinitely more interesting to me when people root it and create custom ROMs for it

[@SuperNicktendo]

I got the R1. But I don't bring it with me in the go. They gave me a free one year of perplexity so on my phone it works wonderfully. I got the R1 specifically for note taking and it's just not intuitive. But it has inspired me to make my own personal chatgpt assistant.

[@platin2148]

I don’t think self driving will ever work with humans still driving on the road.

[@iDard3n]

Dumb side question.. why use the cook top instead of the stove?

[@cyprienl]

I was wondering what that thermometer set is. :)

[@johnhricko8212]

What's that dynamic background? Looks like Rundgren's Flo phaser from long ago....

[@TagetesAlkesta]

An AI called Monica? Last time I encountered one of those it didn’t go so well

[@BelieveTruthDisbelieveFallacy]

I agree with your predictions.

[@wyattb3138]

Watching this on my phone with 96% battery left and used Siri to change volume and pause KZbin. Lol. Finally using siriz