HN Explorer

Show HN: OpenAI/reflect – Physical AI Assistant that illuminates your life (github.com)

92 points by Sean-Der ↗ HN
I have been working on making WebRTC + Embedded Devices easier for a few years. This is a hackathon project that pulled some of that together. I hope others build on it/it inspires them to play with hardware. I worked on it with two other people and I had a lot of fun with some of the ideas that came out of it.

* Extendable/hackable - I tried to keep the code as simple as possible so others can fork/modify easily.

* Communicate with light. With function calling it changes the light bulb, so it can match your mood or feelings.

* Populate info from clients you control. I wanted to experiment with having it guide you through yesterday/today.

* Phone as control. Setting up new devices can be frustrating. I liked that this didn't require any WiFi setup, it just routed everything through your phone. Also cool then that they device doesn't actually have any sensitive data on it.

14 comments

[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 38.8 ms ] thread
Sean-Der
I also have been working with Daily on https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-esp32

I see so much potential if I can make hardware hacking + WebRTC easy. Not just for AI assistants but security cameras + robotics. If anyone has questions/ideas/feedback here to help :)

[deleted]
(comment deleted)
TZubiri
I get that this is as-is, but I wonder if so many ultra-alpha products don't dilute the OpenAI brand and create redundancy in the product line. It feels like the opposite of Apple's well thought out planned product design and product line.

Let's see if it pays out.

Telemakhos
Somewhere in here there's a joke about how many tokens it takes to turn on a lightbulb.
voxelizer
I love seeing that hackathons are encouraged inside OpenAI and most importantly, that their outcome is also shared :)
tesch1
A cynic might wonder if this is just another way for a corporation selling advertising to get more of the "your data". Who is sharing more? :)
lagrange77
Is it my browser, or does the video in the readme not have sound?
kelseydh
It annoys me a lot that the current devices for controlling smart homes, such as Amazon Alexa or Google Home, lack the ability for lovely conversations the way OpenAI has.
OJFord
Why does this need hardware, other than the phone? Could just be an app on the phone couldn't it?
Sean-Der
I was interested in the ‘hands-free’ idea.

If I put these devices through out my house it would allow me to switch AI personalities by proximity.

You can also use the device without your phone. These devices are also very cheap. I think you could do audio only for around ~5$

countfeng
It would be perfect if it could intelligently linkany device under authorization