Rabbit R1 review: somehow worse?
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- 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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Can you eat a tomato?
I recommend pairing nightshade fruits with allium veggies, preferably roasted, and then enjoyed with care for one’s gastrointestinal tract.
I’m sorry, I could not find the song “Can you eat” by the band “A Tomato”.
"I cannooooot suggest what is edible, that feature isn't availabe yet."
Not if it has the word "cone" printed on it 😂
Turning on Bedroom lights.
I think you're the only channel who managed to capture the absolute neon-ness of the rabbit
I didn’t realize how bright the color was!
The only channel to bother using color correction.
I don't want to carry a device that is construction work neon orange spray paint colored...
like it's trying to show off and be seen, even though it's a silly gadget.
It is just a plastic toy
@@volvo09 I was thinking the exact same thing
These gadgets feel like things from the 80s when smartphones weren't invented yet, and everybody wished for a future with a thing like a smartphone that can do everything.
I'd rather have a cheeseburger phone at this point.
That's spot on 👌
But they are not suppose to do EVERYTHING. They are AI gadgets and I honestly don't understand, why people ask AI gadget to behave like a smartphone. Then acting "wooow, it's not a smartphone, thats bad" - how stupid you must be. And second, its obviously not for people who don't know how AI works and didn't learn how to ask things. That its not Google. It works contextually.
Retro futurism
The "I cannot" song was a jam.
Knuckles when he can't dig: "NO WAY!"
@@AskaLangly"Rats. Rats. Rats. Rats. Rats." - Knuckles
Like Dave2D said, removing the scroll will make it a phone, a bad phone, which I think is hilarious.
they made the touch screen disabled for a reason.. otherwise people would use it like a phone
"Vibe is the same, words are wrong" is the perfect summary of LLMs.
Any kind of generative AI, really
This is so close to being a tamagotchi for adults. If they just made a little rabbit interactive. And made you feed it regularly.
Then just get a Flipper Zero 😭 at least you’ll be able to get some use out of it in the here and now.
It's so close to being a scam that the company should be investigated.
It's one of those things where oh we're going to add more features to it it's going to get better
And it's going to get completely abandoned with all these promises left on the table
1:27 Missed an opportunity to add the “I did nooooot. Oh hi Mark” scene from The Room. The Rabbit says “I cannooooot” in the exact same tone lol
Genius
lmao 😂😂
Definitely a reference already with the time and pitch shifting. I kind of enjoyed that it was more subtle :)
What a devastating review of the rabbit (and recently the humane AI pin). But it is really frustrating no one is bluntly saying “these companies are liars”. Because they promised so much more usability. If it can’t order a pizza or book your trip, then it’s a complete lie.
these reviewers really should say how much of a scam artist humane and rabbit are.. i mean.. rabbit used to be another comapny selling nfts.. but then ditched it and left investors in said nfts in the dust..
also the fact that these devices RELY on servers.. if the company behind them go bust, they're useless.
You hit the nail on the head. The keynote was a colossal scam.
something something libel. They 100% have company small print in the smallest possible font that will boil down to: "Products are in beta and we cannot guarantee they will work as advertised."
I feel like they’re saying it without saying it.
The drawn out "I cannoooot" in the intro killed me 💀
I can't believe the infamous trend in gaming where everything is incomplete, underbaked and overpromised are becoming more and more common in our daily lives smh :/
I luckily don't think anyone needs an AI device for their daily life :)
(even for like, assistive use cases, google lens works better and is on most smartphones)
I don't think it's a gaming trend, but the trend of "turbo-capitalism" we living now. Most of tech every year gets at best between 10 to 50% better, it used to be consistently 100% minimum every year and cunsumers start to realise that hence the sales of almost every tech company is falling down.
@@ArtyShat The trend is called "iterative and incremental development." It's actually a good thing for the consumer, so long as companies are honest about the current stage that they're in. The trend of being dishonest is as old as humankind.
It's not unfinished, but just a badly designed gadget.
Low entry point, yes yes we know it’s half baked & not ready for review yet in my opinion but the interaction with the community & the dev team behind this has been interesting. I think to say this isn’t going to succeed at this point maybe a little hasty. Let’s see what it is in 2-3 months, I mean it’s got some attention!
This device gets stupider when you find out that “rabbitOS” is actually just an android app whose apk got leaked a few days ago so the R1 is just a cheap android 13 device that can only run a single poorly developed app
with a cheap chipset, tiny battery, horrible camera and a bad LCD display.. it just screams "use your phone"
It's even a touch screen which makes the "how do I pause the music I see on the screen I'm holding" case extremely stupid.
You don't have to buy it. No one is forcing you to. There isn't a hardware device that didn't have issues on its first roll out, not in the last 15 years. So feel free to step out of the line. So of us are truly excited of what this device means for AI and what is to come and we are more than happy to support that idea. So yes, I got one knowing very well it will come with lots of bugs and probably clunky.
@@bantublood ai is a fad, and we've been doing phone like things for over 10 years. There's no excuse, other than it being a scam and a solution looking for a problem.
@@bantublood it's not about it being clunky or buggy, to me it's about trying to solve solved UI problems.
Playing the right music, yes that is just buggy and if it gets better it's actual progress. Play/pause control? Just let me use my appendages.
These app developers are forgetting that necessity is the mother of invention. Without necessity, the invention is motherless. Thus, the invention is a bastard.
Lmao
LMAOO what
This is the greatest thing I’ve ever read
Fantastic analogy
A Toothpaste inventor does not agree with you, check that story, its enlightening 😊
The enthusiastic and upbeat way that it declares it cannot do something is almost infectious.
this is like modern tech boiled down to a handheld design. Selling you something you don't need, you never wanted, makes no sense, and doesn't work. A gizmo that presents to solve problems you don't even have, and still fails. A Smartphone without features
Rabbit OS may take a while to load on Rabbit OS, and may not be available in all regions. Thank you for your understanding.
5:23 "I cannot set timers! 😁"
lol the emphasis on "not" was hilarious
@@Duskmos so happy to be inefficient lmao
This guy is my favorite Verge reviewer in a while
He's an OG
Same
yo "this guy" is an OG legend.
Becca too!
Don't know why when he didn't even grasp the simplest thing like that "AI gadget is not a phone so asking it to act like one is idiocy".
I love how excited it sounds when it's saying "I can not do that!!".
Dude... those AI gadgets, you can easily see the scam from miles away before it reaches you.
While I am very curious about the future of AI gadgets like this one, I am fairly convinced that the Rabbit R1 is actually using an LLM with function calling capability to convert speech to text to API calls, even though the CEO specifically denies this. The main reason is that you connect your R1 with different apps through the app's OAuth flow and the resulting token cannot be used to log into the actual application, only to use the APIs.
There's also very little information about how their "Large Action Model" works, outside of a document that has a very similar feeling to a cryptocurrency whitepaper, as there are no examples of their LAM detecting elements of UI (I'd expect at least a demo where boxes are drawn real-time over text areas or buttons, much like computer vision object detection). Their "teach mode" demo from a couple of days ago was very underwhelming as it didn't seem to offer more than what you'd get when using the Playwright test generator.
This honestly feels very much like a scam.
*looking at a touch screen device playing music, trying to pause it* - we've solved this, it's a damn button on the screen.
The absolutism of these products is just the dumbest thing.
“You’re holding a taco” was the best thing I have seen from the Verge 🌮😂
The founders of Rabbit actually rugged and left an NFT gaming project before starting Rabbit just a year ago.
lmao really? That's the perfect cliché haha.
Why am I not surprised lmao.
That's awesome, it's amazing how seeing the people defending it give off all of the same NFT/crypto vibes. HODL your Rabbit!
Let’s not be distracted by the silly hardware and remember that the underlying “AI” technology is fundamentally flawed and only exists because the tech industry desperately needs a new bubble right now.
couldn't of said it better.
AI is the new Theranos
What 🤣🤣🤣🤣
it's unreliable, uncertain, will gaslight,
will give you different information everytime you ask the same question
at least my Laptop, console & tablet will do what i said,
and not feeling like i'm rolling a dice everytime i asked for something
I make Physics animations and solve huge problems using AI.... my bubble is not flawed.
It saying "Homefront Drive" as "Homefront Doctor" _while giving directions_ is pretty hilarious.
I don’t know what I’d use this for.
Gaslighting yourself.
Same as Ai Pin, these Ai assistants seem actually introducing more troubles to your life instead of solving existing problems.
If you didn't have to interact with this thing for a review/video, how quickly would you have just given up and thrown it in the bin? 15 minutes?
Maybe don’t throw it in the bin 😅 return it for your $200 back 💰
Congratulations Rabbit! You've invented the Apple Newton for the 21st Century.
So it doesn't do anything my smartphone can't do. And it does those things much worse than my phone. What's the point of it?
a smartphone distract people, this thing will help older parents or kids to easy interact without any distractions and make live simply
@@meakone23 Secret to making a non-distracting device: make a device that can't do anything you want to do and/or makes it so awkward to do what you want that it isn't worth using it. Truly the path to success.
We'll just hope they don't add some useful stuff to it and ruin their niche.
@@hackbod and the good part is when you trained it alot, you can just upload it for a little fee, so beginners dont need to train their own device, simply passive money in the future:)
Pretty sure the code got leaked... Spoiler alert: it's literally just an app. The leakers even ported it as an app onto their phone and tablet, and it did the same stuff, except with better microphones and cameras and screens.
This device gives the “hotdog/not hotdog” AI vibes from Silicon Valley
At least that became useful for detecting dongs or something, I fail to see how this will even be useful
this Verge’s videos about the R1 have been comedic gold - maybe the device’s humorous responses are the real selling point
My god, the wordiness in those responses makes me realize that for them to be bearable as actual assistants, I'd need them to speak in a style like Google's Duplex demo
"What's 1 + 1?"
*Starts explaining ALL math.*
As someone reading Leslie Iwerk’s The Imagineering Story I find the Machine Learning [ai] era fascinating. Like the way Steal Like Artist, Show Your Work & Keep Going have FASCINATING intertextual connections. Can we please converge upon the cannon level event where David Pierce is posting MORE product review videos?
My only question: Will it run Doom?
It even fails at being a 'Spotify iPod', which really is a completely solved problem to technically realize. And considering that playing Spotify is one of only four things it can do: wow, that's bad.
i know right? it lacks an audio port, and the ability to quickly change song..
@@warmoaran3 And doesn''t work offline
Maybe I've lost touch but how did this startup get funding for this
@@prospersikhwari5289 Because… AI
@@prospersikhwari5289 It's just VC firms chasing trends like with Crypto and NFTs, now it's AI, happened before with the Dotcom bust.
Is the peak of AI bubble??
We can still go so much higher… even the host claimed to “believe the AI will get better” after spending ten minutes showing example after example of it doing everything wrong.
i dont like to think of much worse.. but there probably is worse.. ai baby monitors who take pics of your baby is probably gonna happen.. or an ai washing maschine that is used to mine crypto..
When it was launched the R1 and the ai pin i knew it will be disappointing because the ai models are not mature enough to handle all that task.
I almost pre-ordered a Rabbit R1. I'm glad that I decided to wait and see.
I just tested Google Gemini again, the AI assistant that can now be set as default assistant on Android phones, and it does pictures too now.
not being able to set a timer for an assistant is crazy
I'd love them to come up with an AI generator for UI and just tell drivers to navigate AI hallucinated maps. That would be so much fun.
When I first heard about this, I was hyped, I thought it would be something you could use at work, seeing what you do, and suggesting improvements, streamlining processes.
Welcome Back to The Verge David...
Long Time Viewer of Yours....
Liked and Loved Your Every Review
to me, the Rabbit R1 and the Humane AI pin are just glorified versions of Siri.
It’s trying to solve a problem that does not exist.
After reading various articles up to and after the R1's release, this review felt like a grand prank. It's like the punchline after a harmless gaslighting. Way too funny, awesome work!
Got my rabbit today and you can't open one single website without being subscribed to it. You can't teach it, you can't scan documents, pretty much everything that Jessie did in the announcement party is totally foreign to the one in my hand. So you will literally have to be subscribed to about 100 different sights to just use the device like Jessie said it would work.
My man has a smartwatch on his hand and asks for a Spotify iPod. You literally have it on your hand.
“Oh my god you destroyed a company!!!”
More e-waste that should have been scrapped after a few rounds of iteration based on external testing.
You’re holding a taco!
🤣
Paychostick would like that.
I WISH!
Playwright doesn't use computer vision. It uses DOM selectors. RainforestQA uses computer vision.
"a dedicated music player, I can take fro runs and walks, podcasts." - 2002 is calling..
David Pierce is back, absolutely loved his htc one review
"You know that Siri thing you never use, we're going to put that in a box and charge you $200 for it."
So this thing can’t do anything better than a smartphone can. It’s like David said, “what are we doing here!?” What a total waste of tech, carbon imprint, and ultimately worse, the Verge’s time.
Great and honest review, looking forward to a review of the Frame from Brilliant Labs
What's the point of having a gadget that you point to a duck and ask it "what kind of animal is this?"
Nearly died at 1:26 I cannoooooooooot
The fact it got it reviewed is a huge win for Rabbit.
This will be great as my desk assistant. Honestly, im looking forward to getting it still. its an awesome concept and perhaps the updates will continue to make it great. Its less than 1 month of a power bill.
4:13 i SHOUTED at my computer when you said this
I bought one for the nostalgia it will bring me in 400 years.
Just integrate it into an app on the phone…why would I want to carry so many devices that overlaps in functionality
"thank you for the compliment" line was cool tho
I think what they have here is a phone OS. Once they iron out the kinks of the LAM, I could see connecting apps to it and using it as a phone that way. The advantage of doing that is that you wouldn't have to load the actual apps (e.g., all the code and the interface) on to the device itself. It would just connect to the services remotely. The only thing you'd need to load on the device itself were any games you wanted to play.
I see it as a *little* better than the Humane pin because at least it's less expensive and the AI doesn't take forever to answer you, but it still seems quarter-baked.
It’s Android. Someone got the apk off and ran it on a pixel.
in all honesty the flarf misprisions that the text scanner creates (when reading stuff like that monument plaque) would be the one thing that would compel me to buy one of these things. i love me some good real-time gibberish
They are running servers to support the device but there is no subscription fee. How is that sustainable?
I really feel like this is trying to solve a problem that just doesn't exist... Surely the smart watches most of us are wearing with a LLM/connection to my phone is the way forward?
I'll just stick with my phone.
NICE! First video from the verge hating something else than apple dx
I want one just for the comic relief! 😂🤖
This review ticks everything I needed to know. Thanks for proving the gimmicks they are launching. I think only you guys covered the Rabbit's stupid results this extensively and I love it. 😂😂😂😂
Why anyone would want to choose this over the functionality and practicality of a smart watch is beyond me
The point of these companies isn't to sell a product, it's to get acquired for a large sum
Hell yeah, Discovery! 🤙🏻
Although its probably never going to work its still ABSOLUTELY AMAZING that you can talk to a device and it talks back in natural language with a wide knowledge base (even if its wrong lol). But yes your phone is better (but less cool)
Why does the rabbit put headphones on its head when it has big pointy ears?
I’m not sure why people keep comparing this or the AI Pin to a phone quite so much when the sort of marketing line is to stop you having to pull out your phone all the time. I can’t speak for non-Apple devices, but what I’d compare it to most is my Apple Watch. What’s the time? How do I get somewhere, what is the weather, play Bohemian Rhapsody, message Fred, read my emails, etc. Etc. All without pulling my iPhone out from wherever it is. The watch has a working touch screen, you can scroll through lists and it’s easy to navigate, The Apple Watch doesn’t (yet) have a camera so it can’t identify things (which I find a mostly bizarre use case anyway) but it seems a more appropriate initial comparison point. And when my watch can’t do it, then I’d pull out the iPhone instead.
Can it tell you where to find the nearest Rabbit? (like the actual animal)
Since it's literally an android phone, why not have it Go local for some of those apps and files. You log into Spotify and it would click around the phone for you in the background locally, faster and more reliably.
Am I insane or is this not what they should be doing?
Appreciate your input
The Caretaker is also my go-to when testing any new audio device. If only I could remember why...
"You're holding a taco"
That's all I need to know.
This was a great review. Thank you.
Impossible? That’s such a bold statement about the first products in the space.
I think I saw you and your cameraman in DC, I was part of the group of kids that walked by you at the Washington Monument.
3:38 takanaka mentioned 🗣🗣 the world's coolest man
Rainbow goblins is a masterpiece.
All of Me is my favorite album of his. Gotta check out Rainbow Goblins.
@@OwenGrove Sweet jesus you're in for a hilarious and awesome ride. Listen to it front to back.
@@TC-lk2evI just got listened to Seven Goblins and I need this album. Don't know why I slept on this.
I think this will be great for curious kids,
toddler even who have many questions about the world.
For the rare occurrence I've needed to know something on the spot, search engines have worked every time. I'm never going to be asking some A.I. gadget trivial questions, and I'm never going to take a picture of a bird and ask, "What bird is this"? For most people, these aren't practical in today's age of smart phones
A large action model was not their idea at all, basically every person on planet earth who is interested in AI has thought about it
it's been done already people use it for UI testing. They botched the implementation.
@@ea_naseer exactly
Good video but I still don’t understand the point of the ‘what am I looking at?’ question given that’s rarely something the user won’t know. Moreover, smartphones can already do that and everything else these stupid devices can do and more with Google Lens, Assistant/Siri/LLM apps etc
Exactly. Is this a tomato? Can I eat this thing that looks incredibly like an orange? 99.9% of us already know the answers to these questions. I’ve we’d had to wait until the AI Pin or R1 to tell us we should not eat Hemlock or lumps of concrete the human race would have ended a very long time ago 😅
5:03 if i'm not mistaken. Playwright is a browser automation tool (like puppeteer).
The just introduced GTP-4o makes this device completely useless, as it does the same, but a lot better and faster and running on your phone.
The showstopper for me the "Doctor Washington" 😅
I feel like I get why they're releasing is so early in the production and the development cycle, because if they wait for it to be fully fledged out something way better it's gonna be released earlier like Google or Apple