An ignorant rabbit r1 unboxing

[@ShortCircuit]

Buy a skin or screen protector for anything but the rabbit r1: shortlinus.com

[@yupimrandy]

Tells people not to buy the product but tells them to buy an accessory for said product. Noice. Edit: oh look at that, they edited their comment to now including "anything but".

[@eightvoid]

​@@yupimrandy it says for everything except the r1

[@shortyplayz3995]

For “anything but the Rabbit R1” Learn how to comprehend what’s in front of you.

[@tomcatv]

​@@yupimrandy Learn how to read first

[@yupimrandy]

@@shortyplayz3995 learn to read where it says that they edited their message to say that, which is after I posted my comment.

[@georgeatte788]

the r1 gaslighting you into thinking your own product isn't a mousepad is definitely the peak of the video.

[@onslaught147]

I don't know what you're talking about, it clearly wasn't a mousepad. Just one of those decorative walls you place on your desk for safe keeping.

[@ccricers]

I want the AI personality of Brock from Pokemon. So when I show it a onigiri it can tell me it's a jelly donut.

[@kirishima638]

Classic AI, confidently claiming 1+1=3

[@TheMidnightillusion]

@@onslaught147 We're not sure what it is, but one thing is certain - there is no mouse or bed there 😂😂😂

[@raisofahri5797]

wait this isn't some weird tamagochi

[@Randomness662]

9:28 A funny prank to play on your friend is to ask their Rabbit R1 to recite the entire Bee Movie script since that thing will keep going until it's done

[@BillAnt]

The perfect way to make your friends go down a Rabbit hole. This is not Teenage Design, but designed by teenagers. lol

[@ShuffleboardJerk]

“Reciting the script now.” Crashes

[@SmokeandSpirit]

Which for the battery life it has, would be a death sentence. 😂

[@heeho78]

I tried it doesn't work ):

[@gabrielb238]

Bad reviews don't kill companies, bad products kill companies

[@godwill9965]

yeah no-one says the contrary

[@Crown.A]

Me seeing this comment before even watching the video … 😮

[@markman828]

Hey it was my turn to make that comment!

[@DelightfulWalrus]

No ppl on twitter were saying the contrary unfortunately...​@godwill9965

[@AndreasMolnar-Dev]

​@@markman828He was the first one to comment it...

[@MorgFlame]

"This is not a mousepad." "This is not a mousepad." "This is not a mousepad." "This is not a mousepad." Linus getting furious with this thing is absolutely hilarious 😂

[@ZerotheWanderer]

It's right, it's a deskpad.

[@ShadowriverUB]

This in neither bad or a mouse

[@dr_success]

You showed it a design pattern and you expect it to say it's a mousepad,

[@TempoFino]

PSA - They do not have their own AI models, they use ChatGPT and Perplexity AI. When ChatGPT had an outage 2 days ago, the rabbit r1 was not working. It's a literal brick if ChatGPT goes down.

[@Arctic_silverstreak]

Any idea what does the perplexity ai does on it, chatgpt is pretty clear but don't know that one yet

[@TempoFino]

@@Arctic_silverstreak It's one of those "AI search engines", it's used for real time web search

[@holderofallknowledge604]

Lmao

[@MalkTea]

@@Arctic_silverstreakperplexity handles things like image search, asking questions etc

[@lboston4660]

I thought they somehow managed to fit one of them new AI chips inside. Guess it's literally just another data-chugging online app

[@CheezeWuz]

D Brand also has proctors for all kinds of useful devices Damn that was savage

[@HumanBeingSpawn]

Considering the R1 product is ass, D Brand being a proctologist sounds about right.

[@Blitterbug]

Wow, that's.... more AI than the flekin' Rabbit R1! DBrand skins are proctors now? Can they mark my homework for me? Or do they just report me for cheating? I need to know.

[@BarelyAverageDude]

“THIS IS NOT A MOUSEPAD” 😂 Print that on the next mousepad

[@TheFlagnard2]

I would buy one. Put a rabbit on it too lol

[@chrislawuk]

Ce n’est pas une mousepad…

[@nimoy007]

​@@chrislawuk Deskpad*

[@JeffJK000]

It's a Flatclicker

[@stefan-alin]

YES

[@theonewhowatchesthewatchme2275]

11:00 linus gets a call from his kids at home saying the entire home sound system is blasting crab rave

[@NoKi1119]

>"The camera function is not enabled" >Camera works perfectly when opened manually Also lol, it refuses to believe that the northern lights design is a mousepad, a mouse or a bed.

[@why_tho_]

*a wild noki appears*

[@J0hann_YT]

Time stamp guy?!

[@samlevi4744]

Timestamp guy found in the wild!

[@tbuk8350]

This is the stuff I can't figure out why AI is so bad at. Why does it fight with you? I am literally telling it what it is looking at, and it can't figure it out. All it had to do is Google Reverse Image search the mousepad and it would find the answer, but instead it insisted on arguing with the user that THEY were wrong about what they were seeing. AI isn't meant to be something that fights with you, ignores your questions, and does random shit you don't want it to, it's meant to do what you tell it to, and that's it. Currently every AI model loves to just argue instead of doing that.

[@simplyintricate4160]

@@tbuk8350 It feels like you expect AI to be a mindless robot. Robots are meant to do what you tell them to. AI is meant to "simulate thought" or "simulate intelligence" - Intelligence isn't always going to be just subservient, it's going to tell you when it thinks you are wrong. Without that it wouldn't be intelligent it would just be a robot given orders. Not saying current AI and such is or isn't good, just saying AI isn't "meant to do what you tell it to, and that's it."

[@KoraOSRS]

Even an Apple Watch gives you the option of scrolling with either the digital crown, OR TOUCHSCREEN, in a package that's literally like what 1/8th the physical volume

[@MaxRovensky]

The lack of knurling on the dial that's supposed to be the primary interface is killing me

[@sturdybutter]

Seriously!!! Has nobody that worked on this thing never used a dial knob? Because good lord that should have been one of the first of many problems solved with this thing.

[@MaxRovensky]

@@sturdybutter teengeneering track record is full of shiny looking, but functionally inept stuff, it's nothing new tbh

[@quantuminfinity4260]

What’s even crazier is them disabling the touchscreen except for when you are typing. It is an objectively superior interface for their UI unless maybe your hands are wet or something.

[@iowawalker]

​@@MaxRovensky their MPCs are pretty good, although expensive. Not sure about other stuff, but OP-1 and PO boards were very much functional.

[@SuperFrodo95]

The OP-1 I had for a little while was very much a functional device. I don't think TE had any input into the R1 beyond some 3D rendered concept and the Rabbit people just ran with it. For whatever reason I thought the wheel was made of a silicone rubber or something slightly grippy, but I guess they really did put no thought into the physical product.

[@juliojackalz]

seeing linus debating over his mousepads with rabbit is peak "futurist" content

[@TheMidnightillusion]

A device that runs android, has a touch screen, a camera and a microphone, and has built-in support for AI that is small enough to carry around in your pocket? I have one of those already, it's called a smartphone.

[@helloukw]

No, what you have is something stellar in comparison. That thing is capable of making someone go Hulk mode.

[@WolfTamer]

But this one's different!... Because it has a wheel thing on the side of the screen!

[@MrXelaim]

actually, i want it on my smartwatch.

[@TheMidnightillusion]

@@WolfTamer sold! Take my money good sir! 😜

[@cod3master100]

I understand their desire to run their own Android OS. As a developer, I know how frustrating lockouts from phones can be, not just on iOS but also on Android. Android used to easily allow background processes, but not anymore-this applies to GPS, microphone access, etc. I agree that stock Android needs these security features, but what they are attempting requires low-level access, which is becoming increasingly difficult for apps. Additionally, it's concerning that there's little discussion about the implications of logging into all accounts and a virtual machine executing requests in your name. This situation is reminiscent of the OnePlus iMessage debacle.

[@allenbenjamin2461]

“Wait, you can’t shut it up? It just keeps talking until it’s done? Who does this think it is, me on the WAN show?” Hahahahahahaha

[@MyGSunny]

Linus: “who’s this man?” *taking a selfie* Rabbit: “this man is short.” Me: “take my money!”

[@gtamike_TSGK]

I wonder if it would call Asmongold BOLD 😂

[@Daddy-dh4lf]

@@gtamike_TSGK Asmonbold

[@iaincowell9747]

@@gtamike_TSGK or bald

[@mrpatton01]

A screenprotector will not protect it from what i would do to it after 5 minutes of trying to use the darn thing.. Oh and linus, it is not broken.. there is no music that can make you look cool.

[@UltraklystronMusic]

Still wild that the Rabbit CEO has a failed nft/metaverse project to his name, reused the same company for the Rabbit, and very few people seemed aware of that until Ed Zitron aired it out when he dropped his newsletter this week.

[@rockino2562]

A lot of people already knew this, the moment he showed his face at CES..

[@DeshGp]

Yeah I didn't either

[@nyehu09]

Does failing means one can’t or shouldn’t try again? Well, okay then.

[@rherydrevins]

@@nyehu09It does mean that you should be transparent about your previous project being abandoned, instead of what he actually did, which was going radio silent, deleting the company's social media account, and trying to erase evidence of his involvement. Tell me you didn't read the Ed Zitron report without telling me.

[@moso00]

@@nyehu09 No, scammers can scam again. But innocent people should know they’re scammers and have an option to act accordingly.

[@MissFoxification]

It would be useful as a smartwatch app. It would be useful as a phone app. It would be useful on a dedicated device if form and function were adequate, such as a card sized device on a lanyard that was at least dust proof and water resistant. Maybe it missed the boat because it couldn't order an uber to get there.

[@Moddeddragon]

Being gaslit by AI is crazy

[@nope53926]

Nah, they all do it. Most/all are incapable of just saying they don't know and will confidently just make shit up. You can't even trust them to accurately calculate anything but the most basic linear math.

[@sjoerdvogel3352]

Its the 1 thing they are good at

[@detaart]

Have you ever actually asked an LLM a question? It's pretty common.

[@jetpackjbd]

@@detaartusually if you tell an AI what something is and then ask a question about it, it’ll at least try to bullshit an answer.

[@squidge903]

... No it's not. It's like the most predictable thing about AI

[@marjon1703]

6:25 Just watching you struggle with this product gave me brain-itchy-frustration. I glad you reviewed this so I don't have to. Thank you.

[@enigmatico6209]

"Don't come into my life telling me that you are going to make me save time and then make me **** waste it"

[@Gerbilicious]

laughs in self checkout

[@DrathVader]

My thoughts exactly. Maybe I'm just used to doing things on my own, or the AI revolution isn't quite there yet. It feels so slow and clunky, like I'm trying to hold a conversation with a toddler

[@alexoja2918]

Hi! Please chat to our customer service bot! We made it really intrusive so you could save time with it! It can't do anything but we care about you!

[@joannot6706]

And yet AI is an enormous time saver when you work with it like if you a knowledge worker or a programmer. That has been the case for years now

[@2jmedia899]

you have to try out some more A.I. stuff. It's obviously not perfect but if you've played around with it it's quite useful. I made a whole song all with A.I. and it's pretty good. used chat GPT for some lyrics and suno for the music generation. I also used chat GPT to make instagram posts for where I work so I didn't have to think. Much quicker. Two Minute Papers on KZbin is good, he makes videos showing new tech/A.I. in a way that makes you see the good potential. We are getting close. try chatting with chat GPT. I bet you'll see some good results if you can find a use.

[@Sleezy.Design]

Who's here after watching the Coffeezilla video?

[@PollokPoochesDogWalking]

Mee! Haha

[@xDakem]

I forgot the LTT existed at some point. Can't even remember why I wasn't subscribed.

[@jeehill9592]

I am 😂🤣😂

[@PrimeCrimeSE]

Me!

[@tamertamertamer4874]

Haha that’s me

[@quantuminfinity4260]

It turns out that Rabbit the company is actually a rebranded crypto NFT game scam company. When asked to comment on it the CEO basically just brushed it off as a summer side project for him and his team, even though they were very serious about it, and people invested a bunch of money into it. So that shows what kind of company they are. Also, their large action model is more than likely a large language model with a bit of fine tune training to call certain functions. They claim they will support so many applications, but the four it shipped with are extremely unreliable and very limited to the extent that it is almost certainly faster to do literally any task it can do on your phone. Given their history, I would advise against anybody getting one unless they’re OK with a very high probability of it becoming a bright orange paperweight.

[@personzorz]

The Venn diagram of cryptobros and aibros is a circle

[@elivelive]

yep also watched that video on KZbin where they were called out. I don't trust them

[@NutchapolSal]

i thought rabbit r1 was a teenage engineering product, but looked it up and looks like TE only did hardware design although some TE C-suites are part of rabbit inc too? weird

[@snakeythehotboy8549]

Just screencapped at 9:06 and google lens came up with the ltt mousepad as the first search result

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Point it at an LTT screwdriver, maybe it'll recognize that?

[@boy638]

It will call it a tool.

[@BobaPhettamine]

@@boy638 will say that if you point it towards the user too for buying it

[@andrew0138]

Recognize as a threat to it?😅

[@Caplonky5]

Good to see you here mate

[@jambosuss]

Bing chat/co pilot told me it was a stanley ratcheting screw driver

[@zzyzx0069]

12:25 no truer words were spoken. The next couple years is going to be exhausting

[@definitelyevil3085]

Just remember, atleast for discord, instead of doing OAUTH through discord and call back to Rabbit's system. They start a VM and have u log into Discord in a browser window on their VM. So you are potentially leaking your username and password directly to their company.

[@drizmans]

i think the r1 doesnt support discord but the vm thing is accurate for the services they do support

[@XeZrunner]

@@drizmans they support logging in with Discord for one of the services AFAIK.

[@alexanderlane]

@@XeZrunner Probably Midjourney, since that's based in Discord (typically)?

[@tymonsadventure126]

3:42 Linus: Do I have any other option then try again? I do not! Also him: scrolls through the option to go back to the settings...

[@cypherian2]

Why did the even bother making a piece hardware when it's JUST AN APP?!? Linus is right, the amount of AI shovelware that's going to hit the market in the next year or two is going to be ridiculous!

[@davismorgan99]

Because you can’t sell an app for $200…

[@kingzach74]

@@davismorgan99 Say that to companies that charge $200 a year for any service. Or $10-$20 per month.

[@chrisdpratt]

Ironically, it would probably be better as an app, because then it could lean on the hardware and OS to perform better. No need to custom designing a UI that doesn't even function. That's built in. No need for having to implement opening a camera (and failing at it). That's just an API call. Network configuration is already handled. In fact, I didn't even think about it, but this thing doesn't have a cellular radio in it, does it? My phone is instantly more convenient then, because it's always connected. I was never sold by this thing, even as a concept. Why would I want yet another device to carry, that doesn't do anything the phone I already carry can't?

[@BillAnt]

I could see this being sold at the now defunct Toys R' Us for 3-6 years olds before their first smartphone.... but that's about it. lol

[@abdulwahabvanreenen723]

@@chrisdpratt As an app developer, the only reason I can think as to why it shouldn't be an app would be Privacy Policy / Terms and Conditions issues. The app will need to take control of your smartphone which will have a lot more sensitive data on it. That being said there are already apps doing this. Maybe adults aren't actually the demographic for the device and it's more intended for school going children. I can see it being useful if your child needs the assistance for homework etc and you want to limit their smartphone use because they might get distracted with Tiktok or whatever.

[@Ammon_666]

The look in Linus' eyes when the Ai mentioned the word "short" but Linus immediately realizing it was "short hair". He was about to consider smashing it into pieces during that 1 second I just know it.

[@TheMidnightillusion]

Please can we have an entire episode of Linus arguing with AI about what things are? 😂😂😂

[@OneBiOzZ]

It feels and looks like a DIY project in its earliest stages. Its chunky, the display looks like an off the shelf small phone display shoved in

[@steggieweggie]

The team behind that product deserve to be blacklisted from the tech industry

[@garigari8937]

Just recently found out from CoffeeZilla, the founder of this product is a bit delusional

[@robhulluk]

Deleted! Misread original.

[@garigari8937]

@@robhulluk it's not that hard to understand my dude😭

[@robhulluk]

@@garigari8937 Oops, I don't know how I misread your comment so badly. I think I didn't have my glasses on and didn't see the comma!

[@nickfromell8760]

They’re definitely trying to rush this stuff out before the phone companies make direct integrations rendering this new space obsolete

[@dugo87]

You hit the nail in the head. They know that once the Googles and Apples of the world truly integrate their own AI models to their devices and OSs, these will be useless

[@quantuminfinity4260]

Rabbit is, no joke, a rebranded Crypto NFT game scam company. This isn’t hyperbole, I mean this quite literally. When that venture started to collapse, they renamed the Company to Rabbit and moved on to AI stuff. It could have been an App, but then in the CEOs own words (Paraphrased) it wouldn’t get the attention, also basically insinuated that Google and Apple would steal all their super special code.

[@roterodamus]

Teenage engineering's Pocket Operator line of synthesizers and drum machines is very affordable actually, and its very often the most affordable option in that category. They are awesome little gadgets for musicians or anyone just doodling around.

[@drizmans]

i love the op1 too its a genius bit of engineering - i do wish it was a bit cheaper tho. 800-1000 would be much more palatable considering it basically has no competition

[@n9ne]

"this is not a mousepad" it's so defiant

[@Reahreic]

To be fair, it's more of a desk pad. Computers are pedantic, and Ai is just a computer.

[@Drunken_Horse]

It was right, its a flat clicker.

[@lambchop518]

"This is not a mousebed." Take my money.

[@TheFarmboys]

These AI devices are like the VR headsets they made in the 80s. Like, yeah, they kind of work. It's interesting that an item like this exists. But what the hell am I gonna do with this thing?

[@threestans9096]

not even useful for helen keller

[@SaHaRaSquad]

They only exist because a couple companies bet on Apple and Google not getting AI to work on their phones for a while but they were wrong and panic-launched the devices before they were ready, and the result is this. It's expected both Android and iOS will get more or less all of these AI features this year, which will be the final nail in the coffin of the rabbit r1 etc

[@AudacityTheEditor]

These devices are way ahead of their time. They need half a decade of dedicated development, testing, and production improvements before releasing it to the general public. Like Linus said, money is impatient, and whoever invested in this product wants their payout. It's possible the money and developers are the same stakeholder, meaning it was just a bad decision full-stop. It's possible the developers and designers told the investors it wasn't ready, but they were forced to "finish" it and now we're seeing products like this release, unfinished, and only "working" with a couple apps or functions. Now I guarantee you whatever investors were involved are blaming the developers for the shotty product. Like you said the VR devices in the 80s, they were way ahead of their time. There wasn't enough need, hardware, or room for them in the era. However, today VR headsets are making ground. I don't personally have one, but I know several people with them. Multiple companies have different versions, and what I'm also seeing is it's not 50+ of similar VR headsets, but a dozen or so (popular) with mild or major differences that determine their use case. Some are for gaming, some for professional work, and others for communication. Inside of that category, there are ones with a focus on performance but they may be heavier and tethered to a PC, while others are smaller and more portable, while having to worry about a battery and performance issues. In 10+ years I could see something similar here, but again with the current acceptance of the smartphone I don't think these will ever really take off. Everything this can do my phone already can, and often much better, and sometimes for a similar cost with a greater social acceptance factor. If I am standing in public and ask my Google assistant for something, no one really bats an eye. If I pull this out, or have the Humane pin everyone is going to be looking strangely, or at least asking what it is and making it awkward when they realize their phone can do the same things. I think VR got a grasp on an industry because it was a new thing - nothing could really replace it. Even with a phone in one of those cardboard things, you can't *really* get the same affect, especially with inside-out tracking today. But these devices just aren't going to work except for people who don't want a cell phone. The problem is, most people who don't want a smart phone make that choice for privacy or security reasons, which means they definitely won't be looking at this device.

[@toututu2993]

VR 80th never made it to the market due to weak and infancy processing power at the time. Today's VR is really good which I highly recommend every single person to try or buy the cheap one like Quest 3. Quest 2 is good but it has major problems like limited ipd adjustment which is fixed in the later Quest

[@Ikxi]

Love the comparison

[@DavidNightjet]

1:45 If they called it the rabbit hole it would undoubtedly become associated with the Hatsune Miku song that's been doing the rounds these past few months. I still can't get it out of my head.

[@Thunsegen]

"Who does this thing think it is, me on the WAN Show?" 😂

[@benwu7980]

I guess he has read the comments from the WAN Show, it's nice to see it used as a self-deprecating joke.

[@the_undead]

​@@benwu7980Linus has acknowledged multiple times over the past couple years that he definitely needs to learn how to be quiet sometimes, this joke is nothing new

[@TrueRetroflection]

2:45 The look your dad gives you when you've tried to turn a "D" on your report card into a "B"

[@paperpanak]

How the hell is that camera 360° when 2 sides are covered with plastic? How the hell they made that roller slippery even when at dry hands condition. Cannot imagine with sweaty hands. What a piece of expensive shait.

[@dimitribarronmore]

It's certainly 360° on one axis!

[@todorkatsarski7487]

I literally heard "He's short..." and immediately bursed in laughter!

[@5appdata5]

Guys,original thought,It should have been an app.

[@joshgribbon8510]

I wonder if that was their first thought and they had trouble finding investors for another app VS "a totally new device"

[@antonio32a]

It is an app - kinda. The R1 is just running around with an app lol.

[@Riko_KP]

Even as an app this would be underwhelming, it's just ChatGPT and Perplexity AI in a box. You can do everything and a lot more with your phone. This was a classic case of overmarketing and underdelivering, we will forget this even existed a year or two from now.

[@alejandrocortes1149]

If it was an app then it would have been a horrible app with nothing new or special than any other app already did.

[@IceYetiWins]

It literally is an app

[@yozlet]

2:37 it takes less than ten seconds to go from gadget excitement to The Linus The World Needs Right Now

[@elderman64]

The Ai rabbit hole

[@donkey7921]

The rabbit money hole?

[@ReubenAStern]

You think Brownly killed it?! Wait and see what Coffeezilla does. Brownly just gave an honest review, Coffee is actively killing it.

[@thelaughingmanofficial]

Wait until you see what JerryRigEverything is doing to it.

[@IamYuto]

Marques killed Humane AI not the Rabbit. But to be fair, he killed all of them - or better said - they killed themselves by delivering this crap.

[@toututu2993]

AI is overhyped and deceiving tech ever. Of course every product market something ai is always gonna end up as scummy and scamming

[@kreuner11]

3:47 Linus, the back button is the second option you highlighted. I'm not sure why you didn't read "

[@Riselio92]

When I went to uni to learn games development, in the first semester everyone on any of the IT courses had to take a course called human computer interaction. It was about accessibility and usability of software and hardware. Year 1... 1st semester. They released a product that can't be used left handed, controls are not intuitive (can't use the touch screen), scroll wheel is made of slippery plastic, so if you have issues with your grip you probably can't use it. Form over function garbage manufactured waste hardware with a software that took them a week to shovel together.

[@gigamonster256]

Is it just me or does something sound off with the audio in this ShortCircuit? I can't place exactly what it is... at some points it seems echoey and at other times overly crisp.

[@IcedForce]

Most likely there was couple software engineers and one designer to make that thing. Their goal wasn't really to make a thing, after all making things costs money and is often questionably profitable, it's more profitable to make cool sounding words, couple animations, raise some hype and collect the $10M and RUN before anyone sees.

[@quantuminfinity4260]

Especially when it turns out they are literally a rebranded Crypto NFT game scam company, it is actually the same company, they literally just renamed them selfs to Rabbit when they saw their next scam project!

[@Lazerus101]

Coffeezilla blew the lid open on the scam, this product clearly is

[@robertwendal5894]

I honestly saw more potential in the Humane pin, an assistant for the visually impaired to guide them or explain their surroundings, the ability to read items in front of them, and of course a travel companion for people with real time translation both verbally and in writing. The problem is these devices want to do everything without a specific focus. Do one or two things really well or do multiple things poorly.

[@PeterLunk]

MarQ didn't kill it, it was never alive. (edit: MarQ)

[@ThisMarv]

Who is Mark?

[@Melusi]

I think he mean Marq (as in Marques Brownlee)

[@helloukw]

Who's Mark?

[@AlexPrevost]

Oh hai, Mark

[@GigaWhatt0]

He didn't kill it. He buried it.

[@Blenderbarn]

That was the most passive aggressive Dbrand ad ever!

[@MrPenriquez]

"You mean you could've connected to the network at any time?!" "No, not at any time, only when it was funny!"

[@shApYT]

This is like a kid's first idea of what a gizmo is.

[@simonstergaard]

they build an orange brick, because everyone wants another brick to carry around

[@jorgesaldias1083]

why is the audio quality so bad? it sounds like a heavy noise filter that's eating away some of the words

[@drizmans]

speakers on the back so its talking away from you

[@AK-Brian]

A lot of the Short Circuit videos have had this audio issue recently. There's a lot of weird dynamic compression which results in almost a warbling artifact. Very distracting.

[@Mergatroid]

It's even worse on Floatplane (probably because it has higher audio quality so the issue is more noticeable)

[@elderman64]

2018 Linus? The world is healing

[@Ikxi]

He is getting a skincare routine to keep his skin from looking old, so he shaved And he's painting his motorcycle and has to wear a mask for that and wants it to fit well. Source: The Yard podcast where he was on recently

[@joe579003]

@@Ikxi I mean he's also old enough now where even being clean shaven he doesn't look 20

[@heyimamaker]

Wow, Linus is trying to sell us a mouse pad when it's clearly a wall hanging art piece.

[@giomjava]

4:55 SERENITY NOW!! Loved the Seinfeld reference ❤❤

[@solsson]

Insanity later

[@modulusshift]

The attempted "Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids!" set up, Linus I swear lmao

[@CanIHasThisName]

The mouse bed argument was comedy gold.

[@SimpleLifeUwU]

On Coffeezeela’s channel, he said this stuff doesn’t really have them own AI. It is using the old version of ChatGpt, with other non-AI coding that interacts with other programs like Spotify, DoorDash, Uber …etc. The second part is basically an auto clicker program that clicks for you behind the screen. If those apps have some bigger update, the auto clicker program can’t recognize the change, and can’t click whatever it was designed to auto click. This is the difference between AI and auto clicker program. AI can recognize the new updated app or website, and adapt to it, to click the right thing. The auto clicker is really stupid, that it has no recognition function to actually what the buttons on websites and apps mean, and makes it unable to know what to change to click after the update of websites and apps. Even if the team update the rabbit auto clicker program again to adapt to the new version of apps and websites, once the apps and websites have some bigger update again, it will lose all the auto clicker function again, which means no Uber and DoorDash for you. You’ll have to wait for the team to update the auto clicker program again, or it just won’t work.

[@jodp]

The scroll wheel is so slow because it just acts as volume up and volume down clicks that they recognise lol

[@WoahItsCrazyMike]

The TV behind Linus is so wide, it partially blocks the door. I can't unsee it, and now, you can't either!

[@RiverShock]

You overestimate how much effort I'm willing to put in to validate your statement.

[@MikeTrieu]

Rage shake for settings. Wow, this things is like a parody of itself.

[@spityyy]

6:25 linus almost became Nikocado Avocado there for a sec

[@KDannXII]

Rabbit r1: ai powered gaslighter

[@linkfreeman1998]

and yet it doesnt use gas at all to light things up.

[@Gamah1991]

9:10 did you intentionally say "mousepad" several times when I've only ever heard of it referred to as a deskpad ever in the past?

[@andreynasonov9527]

"Why though" about sums up the whole company

[@eitherrideordie]

Apparently its slow to acroll because it would trigger when in your pocket or on a table so they reduced the sensitivity? Cant confirm though

[@CPPCrispy]

May have been created by teenage engineers but that box tells me that is at least one old guy on that team that had a nostalgia trip.

[@lenardz]

That person contributed to the box the rabbit came in. It’s the exact same feel as a cassette case.

[@itsjustthewaythingsR]

Teenage engineering is a company not actually teenagers

[@CanIHasThisName]

Well, cassettes are now actually that "somewhat cool retro tech" that most people know about but don't necessarily use. They also make appearance in popular media.

[@4RILDIGITAL]

This device just isn't practical or user-friendly. A lot more work is needed to make it valuable for users.

[@simcax6087]

Yeah, like making it into a cheap smartphone

[@gregoryp203]

they made a device so they can't be seen as another assistant app like alexa, siri, bixby... it would be better as a watch but then it would have to compete with the apple watch. this also applies for Humane.

[@pawoo666]

the part about it not being usable as a left handed device is such a great point

[@Just_a_commenter]

Putting aside my disdain for AI rubbish, the idea of having a device which could improve accessibility is great... I just wish it wasn't so half-baked.

[@alext6933]

It's going to be very hard to replace or compliment modern cell phones.

[@neb_setabed]

Half baked? Seems like that thing is still in the freezer

[@javajoint]

it would be good if it were half-baked. From all the reviews I've seen, it barely makes it as far as the oven!

[@JSerio1983]

Did you type this comment on your smartphone…cause you already have a device that can improve accessibility.

[@Just_a_commenter]

​@@JSerio1983While cell phones do have excellent accessibility features, I'm of the adage that more options is better. No one accessibility solution will suit everyone, and not every smartphone will support the same features, which is why the concept of a device to act as an intermediary between a user and their phone holds appeal. The Rabbit R1 is just utterly awful at it. lol

[@Gkkiux]

Windows has this "feature" where you shake the mouse to show desktop. I only remember about it when it happens accidentally, at which point I try to undo what it did. This settings menu seems to be the same

[@miha493]

It's like Google lens with voice assistant, but not working at all. Impressive. Microsoft's Cortana now looks competent, compared to this hole. Impressive feat, i should say.

[@Lizlodude]

I love how it managed to out-Siri Siri. Also knowing Spotify, it's probably about 50/50 whether the r1 was broken or Spotify just decided this device doesn't work this week.

[@oladrolahola]

6:59 not sure if it's intentional but I'd like to think Linus emphasized useful devices as a dig

[@inigobirden2155]

100% that's intentional he was so done already

[@SaHaRaSquad]

It had the same vibe of Steve Jobs in that ancient Apple ad talking about how you can run Windows programs beside some useful applications on the new mac.

[@JE-zl6uy]

I'm so happy AI is rapidly showing us that it's actually a fad. Like 3D TVs. Was cute, as soon as it's tried to be used, it's a full on failure.

[@ImAnOcean]

this is just the worst version of ai

[@PrimeTF]

I remember mid 2000s useless fads. Like the Fushigi ball. Literally just a glass ball, and you pretend that it levitated in your hands.

[@Papasot]

The plastic box it came in reminds me of the box cassette tapes came in back in the day

[@irlrishaan]

that cause it was designed to be like that. its a nice touch tbh

[@Papasot]

@@irlrishaan it looks pretty good

[@noobicorn_gamer]

I’ve seen countless videos of rabbit and humane reviews but man your reaction to this is just entertaining, wholly relatable, and happy that our stuff we are building has a lovely chance in the market :) shame we went for the non-news worthy app route but oh well

[@clebbington]

The most excited I ever got about this product was when people starting side loading Android apps onto it. If someone made a custom Android ROM like LineageOS for this device it would be so much more useful.

[@Ikxi]

nah the hardware isn't good either for whatever you wanna do with it you really want a really shitty scrollwheel?

[@clebbington]

@@Ikxi for $200 you're absolutely right. but if the company falls and these things get really cheap, it could be a fun device to mess around with. you could probably 3D print a better wheel, re-enable touch, use custom launchers, run emulators... at a cheap enough price it would be fun to tinker with

[@Ikxi]

@@clebbington Hmm the wheel, you'd probably have to open it Writing custom software, might be more fun to just get a board that can run android, probably some out there like raspberry pi but android capable cpus that'd be a fun project xD

[@clebbington]

@@Ikxi there are a ton of boards that can do that! odroid has SBCs that run Android out of the box, and you can install android on a raspberry pi directly from their official imaging tool

[@adamsfusion]

I'm glad the r1 came out if only so people could see what owning a Teenage Engineering product is like. They look fantastic, but you pretty instantly find that utility was one of the last things they thought of.

[@breeknow]

What do you mean they look fantastic? They look like third world toys…

[@NotNagruf]

What is the audio so weird?

[@jprice_]

3:30 This! When someone makes an llm that can write 100% reliable autohotkey code and run it, that will be literally what this was supposed to be.

[@p24p14]

2:47 Shit just got real.

[@bryank7500]

This is just ChatGPT connected to Playwright scripts. Its LAM isn't AI. They tried hide this. Ask it to play anything, and it will play the Beetles 90% of the time...

[@Spice]

This honestly should just be a smart watch. If it were in a formfactor like that, it would no doubt be worth the price.

[@_Turbocat777]

It just refusing to play music when Linus wants it to play music to "make the ladies think he's cool" is the sickest burn ever.....🤣

[@jordibarguno]

Linus, you are supposed to jump cut to the Rabbit perfectly, performing the command you just asked. Did Mr. Lyu not explain to you how to properly review the unit? Every other KZbin Tech channel with millions of subscribers got the memo, jajajajajajaja.

[@jordibarguno]

Finally, an actual review of these AI units without the fancy editing. Thank you!

[@OldGamerNoob]

"well, that's ergonomic" ... "sucks to be left handed" it occurred to me that using one's left index finger for the button, that free's up the right hand for the scroll

[@JimnyVR5]

Where do I buy that LTT mouse bed?

[@Seektag]

Literally spat out my lunch when I thought you said "DoorGash" instead of "DoorDash"