Introducing r1

rabbit · 5.4M views · 2024-01-09 · 25:30

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Overview

The keynote launch video for the Rabbit r1 handheld AI device, presenting its assistant and a teachable mode for agents. It is a product announcement with live-style demos.

On Hacker News

HN mostly cites it as an example of a misleading or faked product demo, with a few pointing to its teachable-mode segment.

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What people said

godelski · 2025-10 · Criticism
If you pre-record your live demo then it isn't a live demo... What I dislike is presenting something as if it is live when it isn't. Demos are fantastic things and it is even perfectly fine to have imaginative aspects to them. But there's a division line between demoing and lying. Take Rabbit R1 as an example[0]. This whole thing was faked yet it was presented as a live demonstration, not an illustration. In other words, fraud. The difference is if you're trying to show your customers (or potential customers) what you're imagining the device works like vs what the device actually works like. The difference is how you're communicating the difference to them. I'm not sure why this is a contentious opinion, but just don't lie to people? [0] [VIDEO]
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mewse-hn · 2024-07 · Criticism
You really have to watch the Steve Jobs-esque announcement video to understand what they were promising with this device, and understand how utterly it failed to deliver on those promises. [VIDEO]
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mtgr18977 · 2024-06 · Criticism
Maybe you should watch their announcement video again: [VIDEO] Or the interview of the CEO, Jesse Lyu aboutn the LAM: [LINK] If you're still sure that the LAM is present in their product, that's fine, but my view (and I understand how plugins, LLM, AI and other related things work) ist thre are no LAM in the rabbit r1.
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