{"id":619184,"date":"2024-05-03T02:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T23:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T02:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T23:30:43","slug":"humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"#Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 versus Tech Reviewers: Who\u2019s to blame?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407003d7251\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407003d7251\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/#Whos_to_blame\" >Who\u2019s to blame?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/#So_whats_the_solution\" >So what\u2019s the solution?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n<input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-487984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_1.jpg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/05\/02\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 versus Tech Reviewers: Who\u2019s to blame?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a massive missing link between tech companies and tech reviewers\u2026 and instead of fixing it, we\u2019re playing the blame <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash following bad reviews from MKBHD and other tech outlets like The Verge, Engadget, and CNET has been swift from the AI community. The internet is ablaze, either blaming Marques Brownlee for being too harshly critical in his review of the Humane AI Pin and the Rabbit R1 device\u2026 or shaming Humane and Rabbit for not delivering on what they promised. The blame, however, lies on the inherent relationship between the two parties. Like two people who aren\u2019t emotionally ready to date, these AI companies shouldn\u2019t have even shipped their products to tech reviewers.<\/p>\n<p>The job of a tech reviewer, as its name rather simply suggests, is to provide an objective (or sometimes even a subjective) analysis of a product for their consumers\/viewers. Tech Reviewers highlight <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> through the lens of \u2018Is this worth the money or not\u2019\u2026 The problem, however, is that Humane and Rabbit needed beta testers, not tech reviewers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-487985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/05\/02\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 versus Tech Reviewers: Who\u2019s to blame?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-487985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_3.jpg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/05\/02\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 versus Tech Reviewers: Who\u2019s to blame?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0648786275385337\" data-ad-slot=\"6683677248\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width><\/p>\n<div overflow><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" type=\"241df9f6d9afc847ee97d110-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"241df9f6d9afc847ee97d110-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whos_to_blame\"><\/span>Who\u2019s to blame?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at <strong>every single stakeholder<\/strong> in this AI charade and you\u2019ll see that there\u2019s some blame to go around for everyone. The first reaction, and justifiably so, is to blame Humane and Rabbit. They overpromised, underdelivered, hyped the product, raked in tonnes of VC and preorder money, but couldn\u2019t stick the landing. Companies all across the world have been rushing to develop the \u2018next iPhone\u2019, and while Samsung has hedged all its bets on folding devices, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le on a $3400 headset, Humane and Rabbit happened to be at the right place at the right time with the right buzzwords. Imagine this, an AI assistant powerful enough to do anything you ask \u2013 it\u2019s literally something out of a sci-fi movie, and that\u2019s precisely what these companies hoped we\u2019d think. They weren\u2019t wrong. However, they committed the cardinal sin of the entrepreneur \u2013 they pitched something that didn\u2019t exist. Sure, this wasn\u2019t as detrimental as the stunts Elizabeth Holmes or Sam Bankman-Fried pulled, but in essence, it was still a far-fetched lie or rather a very convenient truth. An AI that does everything you ask doesn\u2019t exist and probably won\u2019t for a while\u2026 but a cute design or a body-mounted projector was more than enough to deceive us\u2026 and for the sake of this argument, let\u2019s operate under the good-faith assumption that Humane and Rabbit didn\u2019t know they were pushing a bad product.<\/p>\n<p>Why the hardware trickery though? Why did Humane and Rabbit NEED to build hardware devices that looked fancy\/quirky\/cool? Here\u2019s where the blame shifts to the powers that be \u2013 Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta. For every reviewer that said the Humane AI Pin or Rabbit R1 \u201ccould\u2019ve been a smartphone app\u201d, there are thousands of engineers at these companies building JUST THAT. It\u2019s no coincidence that Humane and Rabbit BOTH had their products publicly reviewed well before Google I\/O and Apple\u2019s WWDC. Rumor has it that Apple and Google are just waiting to launch AI assistants with similar features, tying into all the smartphone-related services. These large companies have repositories of consumer data, and they have a powerful influence, putting them miles ahead of the starting line when it comes to the AI race. The only way Humane and Rabbit could escape the clutches of these companies was to isolate themselves completely from them. Not to mention, there\u2019s absolutely no way Apple would allow a third-party smartphone app to have Humane or Rabbit\u2019s level of control over your entire device. Sure, Humane and Rabbit could have made all-powerful AI assistant apps, but they A. wouldn\u2019t be as impressive or attractive, and B. they\u2019d be doomed to fail because of the goliath forces that are Apple and Google.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_487986\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-487986\" class=\"size-full wp-image-487986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/05\/02\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 versus Tech Reviewers: Who\u2019s to blame?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-487986\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-487986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_2.jpg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/05\/02\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 versus Tech Reviewers: Who\u2019s to blame?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/05\/humane-and-rabbit-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/humane_rabbit_tech_reviewers_who_to_blame_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-487986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snippet of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> outrage following MKBHD\u2019s review. Ironically, Sam Sheffer (new media head for Humane) admits the software is bad, while the product sells for $700<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A venture capitalist\u2019s job, in Shark Tank parlance, is to \u201cpour gasoline on a fire\u201d, so there\u2019s definitely some blame to share here too. AI became a buzzword in the second half of 2022 and it\u2019s been on the top of everyone\u2019s mind ever since. I don\u2019t blame VCs for seeing potential in the ideas that Humane and Rabbit came up with, but if there\u2019s one thing that absolutely pisses me off, it\u2019s the fact that they took the criticism of Humane and Rabbit\u2019s devices a little too personally. After all, a VC thrives on value creation \u2013 take that away and you have a very angry person who\u2019s poured millions into a project that now doesn\u2019t have anywhere to go. However, bad products and bad companies are all too common in the VC world. What they didn\u2019t expect, however, was their golden goose (AI) to lay a rotten egg.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to say that tech reviewers were simply doing their job and deserve no blame (after all, I\u2019m a tech reviewer too), but the truth is that the reviewers also share a bit of blame in this entire cycle of events. However, not for the reason you think. Arguably, Marques Brownlee deserves praise for being forthright with his review \u2013 some reviewers would probably hesitate to say something bad about a company if there was sponsorship money involved \u2013 and although MKBHD didn\u2019t have any financial stake in this product, they spoke their mind (as did every other reviewer). But that isn\u2019t where the problem lies. The problem lies with the hype train that tech reviewers both create and ride. These reviewers are, by nature of their profession, enthusiasts when it comes to technology \u2013 so it\u2019s no surprise that they were the biggest cheerleaders of Humane and Rabbit 5-6 months back when the products were first teased. If anything, the media should have balanced their enthusiasm with a pinch of real-world salt. Had that been the case, these disastrous reviews would\u2019ve stung less under the pretext of the age-old \u201cI told you so\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rabbit R1 - We Gotta Talk...\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZMqhE9r5JuI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dave2D\u2019s review of the Rabbit R1 device may just be the most sensible, erudite take on the internet.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_whats_the_solution\"><\/span>So what\u2019s the solution?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If the last few years have proven anything, it\u2019s that designers and companies operate in such secrecy, they often don\u2019t put themselves in the shoes of the consumer to begin with. With Tesla pushing the steering yoke over a wheel even though consumers have been begging for the latter, with Apple needing EU regulators to force them into adopting USB-C, with Google cancelling products left right and center against the wishes of their consumers, or firing employees who object to their technology being used for warfare (whoops, I went there), there\u2019s a massive disconnect between what companies do and what consumers want. Even though at a smaller scale, Humane and Rabbit seem to find themselves in a similar soup. Whether it\u2019s the holier-than-thou attitude that\u2019s hard-coded into being an entrepreneur, or whether it\u2019s a bunch of VCs deciding what\u2019s good for the public, the one voice that seems to constantly be left out of the room is that of consumers\u2026 and their only representative for now is the humble tech reviewer, who actually is incentivized to see things from their points of view. Sadly, that also means Marques Brownlee ends up being in the line of fire when he has to call an AI gadget \u2018the worst product he\u2019s ever reviewed\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The solution lies in reimagining how products are developed and promoted. Humane and Rabbit needed beta testers, not reviewers, who would\u2019ve helped them swallow the hard pill that is the realization that their product isn\u2019t ready for the real world. After all, it\u2019s better to hear that bitter truth behind closed doors instead of an influencer saying it on YouTube\u2026 right?<\/p>\n<div class=\"swp-hidden-panel-wrap\" style=\"display: none; visibility: collapse; opacity: 0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swp-content-locator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0648786275385337\" data-ad-slot=\"9466393889\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width><\/p>\n<div overflow><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n<span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sarang Sheth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/05\/02\/humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=humane-ai-pin-and-rabbit-r1-versus-tech-reviewers-whos-to-blame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a massive missing link between tech companies and tech reviewers\u2026 and instead of fixing it, we\u2019re playing the blame game. The backlash following bad reviews from MKBHD and other tech outlets like The Verge, Engadget, and CNET has been swift from the AI community. 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