A few weeks ago, the Verge reported on a startup making a device called the Rabbit R1, which is supposed to be “an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you.” I’m not especially interested in the device itself or whether it can actually do what the company promises. Apparently it “can control your music, order you a car, buy your groceries, send your messages, and more, all through a single interface” with the help of a “large action model” supposedly patterned after large language models, though that makes no conceptual sense and just seems like an effort to cash in on the buzz around LLMs. (Also, why do people find “controlling their music” so taxing?)
As usual, wow. Great collection of critiques here. I instinctively opposed the Rabbit as a fad, but you’ve got far beyond my internal feelings and put them into an eloquent set of arguments.
As usual, wow. Great collection of critiques here. I instinctively opposed the Rabbit as a fad, but you’ve got far beyond my internal feelings and put them into an eloquent set of arguments.
I highly recommend Stanislaw Lem’s novel Fiasco. In part, it involves a civilization that has tried to exist solely in virtual reality.