ChatGPT, Raspberry Pi-Powered Furby Plans World Domination
In “Things I didn’t know ChatGPT would work” Furby was at the top of the list. But a Raspberry Pi and a bit of Python seem to be enough to add some cute faces to Skynet’s distant cousins.This project from jessica card Combine a skinned Furby with a Raspberry Pi 4 to create an interactive chat buddy with a voice reminiscent of Resident Evil’s Red Queen AI.
I hooked up chatgpt to my Furby and I think this could be the start of bad things for humanity pic.twitter.com/jximZe2qeGApril 2, 2023
From 1998 to 2018, Furby was a popular series of robotic electronic toys resembling DNA experiments on hamsters and owls. Nonetheless, they were extremely popular, and avid makers and hackers loved to tear them apart for their projects. , I was able to capture the user’s query using a USB microphone and a Python speech recognition module. These queries are sent to her OpenAI Whisper speech-to-text library, and ChatGPT responds as text her prompts. The text was converted to speech using Narakeet’s text-to-speech narration library. Audio Her files are played using USB powered speakers. The mouth, eye, and ear movements that accompany it are controlled using an H-bridge motor controller (on the breadboard in the video), which isolates the higher current required by Furby’s motors from her Raspberry Pi.
The card shows how the process works by asking, “Was there a secret plan for Furby to take over the world?” It takes me a while to answer your question. This may be due to reluctance to share their malicious plans to take over the planet, or due to processing and network time to send and receive messages to and from ChatGPT. Furby’s answer is succinct: they have plans to take over the world with “cute and cuddly looks” and once infiltrated, they will “use advanced AI to manipulate and control their owners.” Will… until complete. Domination of mankind.”
I’m having a little fun with this whole idea. But seriously, this is a great project that shows how the Raspberry Pi can be used to blend old tech with fresh ideas.