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Originally Posted by Quoth
It's not real AI, and even the term Machine Learning is dishonestly misleading.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
It has no AI. Even Machine Learning is a dishonest term.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
It's a dumb computer program.
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I don't understand your hobby horse on this. So it's not HAL-9000. Who cares? If it does what the end user wants, that is good enough.
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You couldn't pay me to have one. I disable Cortana on Windows and Google Go Assistant on Android.
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I like my Google Home speakers and could see adding a thermostat and door bells have been pretty successful.
But lights, refrigerators, microwaves and dishwashers? I just don't get the appeal.
It's like video calling that all the science fiction shows and movies said would be the future, but when it rolled out, people didn't like it. Then again, Skype, Facetime and Zoom seem to have brought video calls back. So maybe those smart appliances are just a bit too early.