Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7QJxZWFQg
The first time I talked with AI santa and it responded with a joke I was HOOKED. The fun/nonsense doesn't click until you try it yourself. What's even more exciting is you can build it yourself:
libpeer: https://github.com/sepfy/libpeer
pion: https://github.com/pion/webrtc
Then go do all your fun logic in your Pion server. Connect to any Voice AI provider, or roll your own via Open Source. Anything is possible.
If you have questions or hit any roadblocks I would love to help you. I have lots of hardware snippets on my GitHub: https://github.com/sean-der.
Do the children ask for stuff and then the parent is on the hook to buy it? What if it's too expensive or unavailable? Just a massive disappointment on the day? Does the child expect that it's some kind of binding contract?
Children's imaginations are wonderous, flexible things. As an adult I have sometimes found it a weird experience to play along with my child because my brain keeps trying to delineate between reality and imagination. So who knows how the it's perceived when you're writing a letter.
But if this really does sound realistic, isn't it in danger of leaving the imagination space and setting an expectation?
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