Ask HN: Hardware to Build an AI Assistant?

[aw4y]

Any idea on what to use? My first thought of course is a raspberry pi (I got a lot in a drawer!) but my requirements should be:

-a voice activated microphone -an audio output device (speaker) -maybe a single case containing all -optional: a small screen

ideas? thanks everyone!

[kemusa]

Are you planning on using this assistant in a remote location somewhere or create an edge IoT device? I feel like a laptop or cell phone should suffice for most use cases.

[aw4y]

sure a laptop or a phone is enough. but I wanna have a standalone device, like Alexa, but not Alexa :)

[kemusa]

Fair enough. In that case if you don't mind having a clunky initial prototype, a raspberry pie is probably your best bet. There's loads you can do with that depending on the architecture you're going for.