Just did a little research on the Rabbit R1.

It's effectively a stripped down phone (specs wise) that uses an always on connection to act as basically a better version of the other major "AI" assistants. For $200 flat, it seems like a decent device, and I can see devices like it actually helping visually impaired people.

If all the integrations work flawlessly, it could definitely be a fun tool.

I use all android, have multiple google home/nest devices in the house. I don't need any of them, but they simplify stuff around the house (thermostat control from bed, dimmers for lights and controlling them). If I'm doing chores it's nice to have my podcasts/audiobooks playing synced on every one of them in the house. It should be noted that Google does keep stripping functionality from the default assistant, and most believe they will switch to a subscription based AI service (Bard) for all Nest devices to have 'improved functionality'. I'd argue that Nest devices get less reliable every year. Commands I have been using for 4 years just don't work any more, and it's integrations with music and TV commands are total garbage now. I can't trust it to play the correct song any more. If I say "Hey Google, Play Flowers by Miley Cyrus". It'll say, 'ok, Flowers by Miley Cyrus, playing on Spotify." then either the wrong song or a whole incorrect playlist starts. It's bad now. Rant over.

One thing I have decided though, is that I will not depend on any 'cloud connected' service. Partly because I'm out in the boonies, but partly because I'd rather just have analog backups and options for everything. Any cloud service or smart home integration I use is for convenience only. I've heard too many horror stories of trying to get Apple, Google, or IFTTT routines to be reliable, but a single authentication error in the pipeline can break the whole chain.

I'd prefer to spend time cleaning or even catching up on reading if it can actually automate the mundane skinnerbox elements of certain games, but I'm also skeptical until it actually comes out and gets in my hands since it's not too hard to oversell a product and its capabilities in this day and age. I don't want it to take over for me and do things I'd otherwise do, but rather to help me learn and develop new strategies and understanding of things to better myself. It's more fun to ask it for advice on how to add like an element to a website I'm designing compared to just going "Make me a website with these specifications" and having it automate it for me.

The thing I'm currently invested into is the Rabbit R1, since it's taking a PET approach to AI systems, but I'm worried it's going to be overhyped for a multitude of reasons. I just like the novel concept of having a personalized AI assistant that can carry out tasks for me I never would do normally, like pointing its camera at food to keep track of nutritional info as well as intake and possibly improving my diet as a result.

I haven't really touched it.

I'm not against AI but I'm hoping more that we move past this awkward phase where it's automating things that humans would find fun and fulfilling and would prefer to do themselves, but even supposing we don't, I hope at least that we carve a path forward where everyone benefits.

Generic AI, meet generic comment.

Though I wouldn't have considered having it play video games for me, I suppose that's not entirely a bad thing if the grind really is just boring and you would otherwise be spending time doing useful or fulfilling things.

Only for the latest parts, with watercolors.

And AI device? Not a program? Or are you grabbing a higher end NVidia A-series graphics card?

Robocop looks stunning all things considered, and unlike a lot of licensed properties and AAA titles you can tell it's a passion project by people who care.

Huh, I didn't know Snare was using it like that. That's pretty interesting to learn as I just thought he was doing it all in paint somehow.

I won't get my AI device until around May or June this year, but I'm excited to see what all it can really do compared to what was advertised. Supposedly this thing has a learning mode on it and the devs taught it how to grind for them in Diablo 4 among other things, so it'll be neat to see what all it can do for me. I'm hoping to use it as a possible coding assistant as well as interested to see if it can help with music sheets among other ideas I have in my head.

Snare is using it in the MChat 2.0 thread under general to expand artwork.

I toy with it a little, but it's pretty much a novelty to me still.

Nibbles is the best. Look at those beautiful flesh wings, he's his own mauling tent now.

It was an off-hand comment from someone on Reddit I suppose in regards to what one of the post-service dev interviews stated in regards to possible DLC. Outside of that, there's now an art book with unused concepts like Blonde Iris-Another and now people are modding things into the game that were incomplete like Prometheus from ZX(A) as a functional character along with the removed DLC characters as well as entire game systems that were gutted from Offline.

Edit - Seems Capcom just put out a survey for X DiVE asking people who say they bought it if we want it ported to consoles like Switch, so we might be in bizarro world where it gets a physical release all the sudden.