Technology

Hard pass. I didn't need a Wi-Fi toaster, I don't need this either.

This is so fucking stupid it's almost painful.

"When am I going to run out of milk?"

Just fucking open the fridge and check! Refrigerators and microwaves and shit don't need AI or connected anything.

The only use case I've ever seen for having a connected appliance is to be able to preheat the oven while you're out and about to get home.

"I'm sorry Dave, I can't wash that. This wardrobe is too important for you to jeopardize it."

this format of headline needs to die.

“coming to your appliances” no the hell it’s not it’s coming to appliances on the market. which you can choose to buy, or install the app onto.

feels like fatalist manipulation tactics to subconsciously get you to accept that replacing appliances every two years is normal.

Have we reached and surpassed peak intellectual curiosity? Did we learn nothing from all the "smart" crap of the last decade? Why is this even an idea someone had, and why weren't they laughed out of the room, presented with a box of their personal effects, and escorted off the premises by security?

asking your washing machine whether it’s safe to wash a beloved item of clothing on a certain setting

Or, you know, just read the damn label on the clothing that tells you exactly how to wash it. If the article of clothing is so beloved, you'd have either read that or ruined it already.

Or you could say to your fridge, “Hey, when am I going to run out of milk?"

OR you could open the goddamn door and fucking look. Jesus christ. It's not like my fat ass doesn't need the exercise or know where the fridge is.

Integrating generative AI into everyday products could lead to a new era of smart appliances that are not only more adaptive to our needs but also more interactive and engaging.

I'll admit, sometimes life can get lonely, but if I start talking to the washing machine, lock me the fuck up in the loony bin.

I'm am seriously getting tired of having to buy, restore, and maintain antique devices/cars/electronics/etc just to get away from this cancerous "smart" tech shit that is infecting everything.

Hell yeah, I want my appliances to misinterpret my commands and hallucinate functions they aren't capable of.

Fuck no it isn't.

I don't want my appliances to be engaging. I want to use them for their intended purpose, and then walk away from them.

No thanks. You want me to have a fucking conversation with my washing machine? How is that saving time for me? STFU and run my laundry on cold with low spin like I do every damn time.

Also, what happens next with the fridge? "You've had too much cheese today. Initiating cheese drawer lock." Fuck naw.

Jokes on you, I can't afford them

I'm imagining it authoritatively telling me it's safe to wash even though it has no idea.

If you really want that for some reason, that sounds like a job for one AI Smart Assistant. Doing it by having a different App and LLM implementation for every appliance seems stupid in so many ways.

Especially if they don't run them local, but essentially bundle the completely different service of a cloud hosted LLM with a fucking Tumble Dryer.

No it isn't.. not on my watch.

Not to mine it isn't.

I refuse to own an appliance with any kind of networking.

Fuck that

Hard pass. Which ever vendor keeps making dumb appliances gets my money. I can live with basic "smart" appliances as well. The ones that connect to WiFi simply to tell when say the wash cycle is done by sending a message to your mobile. But I don't need no flipping AI crap in my house thank you.

Nah.

These appliances are really just going to advertise products and discriminate about brands aren't they.

I honestly would be apoplectic if my washing machine told me to buy whatever soap.

Does anyone want any toast?

https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec?si=fr6bCeF3QXHjAxwE

Smart bulbs and alexa count as Ai now?

And the example given. Slap a proprietary llm on every single device.

Just one good llm accessible on a phone or wearable will do thank you very much. All i need is a pdf manual for the device to upload to it and maybe an api for advanced features.

Dishwashers and toaster ovens are going to become subscription items

The idea is that generative AI will enable Samsung products to get a better understanding of how consumers use the products – for example, an oven recognizing what is being cooked in it or a fridge recognizing what ingredients are inside. This could allow appliances to understand users’ needs and respond accordingly.

"Understand users' needs" being a euphemism for "spy on users' habits and sell that info to advertisers."

We've gone full circle: from having a manual for your new appliance, to having a LLM confidently make up some incorrect info about how to use your new appliance.

AI generated recipes

Every AI generated recipe I've seen has been fucked up. Either the ratios are wrong, they miss out or add ingredients, give incorrect temps and cook times, etc.

But I guess if you're terrible at cooking, you wouldn't notice.

Ugh. I don’t want generative AI in any of my appliances. Here’s hoping everything lasts long enough that I can avoid this trash.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0091499/

As if LLMs are in anyway appropriate for this.... We need to stop putting "AI" in everything and thinking that will somehow solve some problem

Not if I can help it. If it's anything like "internet of things" it'll be a dumb gimmick relegated to some overpriced gadgets that I don't want anyway.

"open the fridge door, HAL"

"i'm sorry, Dave. i'm afraid i can't do that."