Moshi AI: Open Source Conversational Assistant Explored

In this video, Wes Roth explores the capabilities of Moshi, an experimental open-source conversational AI developed by the French company Kyutai. Moshi aims to provide real-time conversational assistance, answering questions and interacting with users. Wes shares his experiences testing Moshi, highlighting both its potential and its current limitations. He demonstrates several interactions with Moshi, including attempts to complete number sequences, identify rhyming words, and recognize song lyrics. Some interactions are humorous and bizarre, such as Moshi’s insistence on sacrificing a person to please a ‘blood god.’ Wes also compares Moshi’s performance with other AI models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet, noting that while Moshi has potential, it currently lacks the reasoning abilities and accuracy of more advanced models. Wes concludes by expressing optimism about Moshi’s future development and its contributions to the open-source AI community.