I posted this earlier somewhere else on Lemmy but the post got so much AI-ridicule that I simply deleted it.

My father is a long-time retired engineer and have always loved tech. These days he’s unfortunately legally blind. Recently I picked up two Rabbit R1’s - one for me to play around with and one as a gift for my father. I set up his R1 first - which literally took 5 mins.

Gave it to him on Tuesday and within 10 mins he was off. He was asking it things about weather, radio, etc. and then there was the moment that choked me up a bit. He was on the couch and our daughter was on the floor. He held up the R1 and used the camera and asked to describe his granddaughter and it did that and included that she was wearing a t-shirt with a yellow animal on it. He immediately asked her what animal it was and they went back and forth a few times and I could see how he was enjoying them talking like this.

He then picks up the R1 and says* “thank you rabbit”.*

The benefit to him is the very easy user interface - hold the button to speak and press it twice to activate the camera. That’s essentially it. No complicated smartphone to navigate through and now he has a way to ‘see’ things.

I do wish all these AI-haters would try to rise above their hateful mudslinging and realize that like anything it’s a tool and it not up to you to tell others how to use it.

I’m one of the world’s foremost SAP FI/CO consultants leveraging both my MBA and BSc - and worked on projects on three continents.

Apart from that I’m also really, really good at finding the dog’s poop during the evening walks.

Maybe I’m misremembering but I could have sworn it was against the law to pay for votes.

I’d cry as well if I was eating Digiorno

It is literally not made any more. WTF is WRONG with you people??

Went out the other weekend. Two drinks was $55.

Correct a magnetic book light - the one from xteink. It looks a bit larger due to the closeness to the camera. Their first devices - the X3 and X4 did not have any frontlight but their new X4 Pro sports both a touch screen and frontlght. I think it added $25 to the price.

Something is seriously wrong with you

Nice of you to say but I sort of doubt it. There’s literally a guy here that just imagined a scenario where my father would walk off a cliff. I’m disgusted by the majority of people here w/in just one day.

wtf? what a fn terrible thing to say. WTF is WRONG with you!?!??

• Witcher 3
• Koudelka
• Parasite Eve
• WoW
• KOTOR

No one asked you to read anything

San Francisco

Luckily I have cheap taste and rather like Ardbeg 10

wtf happened to $5 footlong?

Pizza. Pizza used to be about $20 delivered. This past weekend we had a large meatlovers delivered…it was $48 before tip.

Great ebook reader.

Get lost.

Ok, so I’m sick and tired of people like you that judge from your ivory tower. Not only did I buy a R1 - I bought two.

My father is a long-time retired engineer and have always loved tech. These days he’s unfortunately legally blind. I set up his R1 first - which literally took 5 mins.

Gave it to him and within 10 mins he was off. He was asking it things about weather, radio, etc. and then there was the moment that choked me up a bit. He was on the couch and our daughter was on the floor. He held up the R1 and used the camera and asked to describe his granddaughter and it did that and included that she was wearing a t-shirt with a yellow animal on it. He immediately asked her what animal it was and they went back and forth a few times and I could see how he was enjoying them talking like this.

He then picks up the R1 and says “thank you rabbit”.

The benefit to him is the VERY easy one-hardware-button user interface - hold the button to speak and press it twice to activate the camera. That’s essentially it. No complicated smartphone to navigate through and now he has a way to ‘see’ things.

I do wish all these AI-haters would try to rise above their hateful mudslinging and realize that like anything it’s a tool and it not up to you to tell others how to use it.

Ok, so I’m sick and tired of people like you that judge from your ivory tower. Not only did I buy a R1 - I bought two.

My father is a long-time retired engineer and have always loved tech. These days he’s unfortunately legally blind. I set up his R1 first - which literally took 5 mins.

Gave it to him and within 10 mins he was off. He was asking it things about weather, radio, etc. and then there was the moment that choked me up a bit. He was on the couch and our daughter was on the floor. He held up the R1 and used the camera and asked to describe his granddaughter and it did that and included that she was wearing a t-shirt with a yellow animal on it. He immediately asked her what animal it was and they went back and forth a few times and I could see how he was enjoying them talking like this.

He then picks up the R1 and says “thank you rabbit”.

The benefit to him is the VERY easy one-hardware-button user interface - hold the button to speak and press it twice to activate the camera. That’s essentially it. No complicated smartphone to navigate through and now he has a way to ‘see’ things.

I do wish all these AI-haters would try to rise above their hateful mudslinging and realize that like anything it’s a tool and it not up to you to tell others how to use it.