It’s too bad really. I used to truly like dogs.
The company’s collar has a speaker on it; talk to your pet (or, really, talk to the collar) and you’ll hear a prerecorded human voice responding to you, creating the illusion that your pet has a humanlike personality and the ability to speak English.
This is one of the dumbest pet things I’ve ever heard of. This entire “article” is just an advertisement for one guys shitty startup.
Jeffw, bad boy. Bad!
At first I assumed it was some attempt at an animal translator, then I understood it as a chatbot you use to personify your pet. If you need a robot to tell you to feed your dog, you should not have a dog because the dog already tells you it is hungry.
The only people who will love this product enough to buy it for themself and keep paying for the subscription are people who don’t think their pet has a personality or one of value and they would be better off with a debilitating head trauma.
The idea of my dog having the voice of a mad scientist that likes pediatric cancer is funny, but dear Lord that product is shite.
Yes, strap a chatbot to the most expressive and communicative animals humans interact with daily. That makes sense.
$595 for a dog collar, $195 annual subscription and $99 anytime you want to change the voice. What world is this?!
I’d imagine at least dogs are smart enough to ignore the stupidity that an AI would spout. Maybe not their owners though.
