I would hope that it would at last get you out of the hell that is “what the heck did I name that stupid light?”. Device naming is, in my opinion, the worst part of any of the voice based home assistant things.
Is it “porch led”, “porch light” or “outdoor light”? Or is “outdoor light” actually the one in the front yard? What is the one by my kids nightstand? And what routine name do I use to set the mood for watching a movie?
I would hope a properly trained llm with an awareness of my devices and their locations would allow for more verbal ambiguity when controlling things.
Maybe, seems like overkill to solve a relatively straight forward problemt that is about resolution to real entities with a generative model that has no entity grounding (and may introduce other problems). It's really just not solved because Alexa/Siri leadership doesn't actually care enough about that use case to solve it. Device entity resolution and disambiguation does not require an LLM to solve for a limited number of devices, it just requires people to prioritze that over other things, and smart home device owners are the kind of early adopter that would not be the current market focus for growth (my guess, haven't worked on Alexa in many years).
I know a half dozen different ways to improve that today without LLMs.
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t the activation word “special” in that it has to work in very low power states? I always assumed that is why the wake words are fixed, because said words need to “fit” within a very small power budget.
despite being invented for non-scam purposes, it turns out to be a productivity multipler for scammers more than anyone else.
and also Bitcoin might be the exception that proves the rule - every other chain or token is managed by a few insiders taking get-rich-quick marks for a ride.
I think it'd be really funny if Bitcoin was originally supposed to also be a rug pull but Satoshi died suddenly or something, and so Bitcoin was just the scam that never managed to complete itself or something.
To me the biggest threat is using AI to make decisions with no human recourse. Do you want ChatGPT to be the sole judge deciding if you can get a mortgage or what interest rate it should be? Do you want ChatGPT to auto-delete your YouTube video with zero recourse or appeal process?
Who gets to decide what constitutes a “bad actor”? Sounds an awful lot like “dangerous misinformation”. And based on the last three years “dangerous misinformation” quite often means “information that goes against my narrative”
It’s a slippery slope letting private or even public entities define “bad actors” or “misinformation”. And it isn’t even a hypothetical… plenty of factually true information about covid got you labeled as a “bad actor” peddling “dangerous misinformation”.
Letting private entities whose platforms have huge influence on society decide what is “misinformation” coming from “bad actors” has proven to be a very scary proposition.
I think it just sits in the mutli-ghz bands. It shouldn’t conflict with cable, which uses lower frequency bands. You just gotta make sure to install a low pass filter at your demarcation point so you aren’t broadcasting your MoCA stuff beyond your home.
You also have to use appropriate splitters that are rated for the top ends of the spectrum.
True but if you don’t care about another power brick on both ends… it’s a quick, dirty, fast and effective way to bring wired Ethernet to every room with a cable jack.
Is it “porch led”, “porch light” or “outdoor light”? Or is “outdoor light” actually the one in the front yard? What is the one by my kids nightstand? And what routine name do I use to set the mood for watching a movie?
I would hope a properly trained llm with an awareness of my devices and their locations would allow for more verbal ambiguity when controlling things.