Rabbit R1 and Humane AI pin: AI slapping Pipeline
"We wanted Jarvis. We got Clippy with a battery problem."
The Rabbit R1 and Humane Pin arrived with the subtlety of a startup keynote - promising to revolutionize AI hardware. Six months later, they're collecting dust in drawers, serving as $700 paperweights. What went wrong? Everything.
The Three Deadly Sins
Speed
4.7s average response time
Battery
112°F surface temperature
2hr 14min average runtime
IQ Test
83% failure rate
The Hardware Deception
📱 Secret Phone Dependence
Despite $700 price tags, both devices required constant Bluetooth tethering to:
- • Access cellular networks
- • Handle basic computations
- • Maintain software updates
$699 Humane Pin =
$20 Android dongle +
$679 marketing budget
Reality vs Marketing
Promised
"Context-aware ambient computing"
Reality
Couldn't differentiate between AC controls and nuclear launch codes