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jerome892

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Quote from: FilesFM_Announcements on December 04, 2018, 07:51:09 AM

I think one of the issues which needs to be solved with AI assistants is its not just a dumb speaker; but some of the requests, it doesn't just phone home for the servers to respond to the question, rather if its a typical everyday command its stored locally in the machine.

That way its not constantly sending stuff to external servers..

I'm somewhere in between with this and quite unsure what to believe. It definitely makes sense that it's not sending all the information back for analysis as it only reacts only to certain phrases, but then again, if we believe so strongly that someone is in fact, spying on us through our laptop web cameras then home assistant AI would be just as useful if not more useful for gaining various information, no?

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I think one of the issues which needs to be solved with AI assistants is its not just a dumb speaker; but some of the requests, it doesn't just phone home for the servers to respond to the question, rather if its a typical everyday command its stored locally in the machine.

That way its not constantly sending stuff to external servers..

jossiel

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I don't have it too and I don't intend to have it in the future.

It's like having your laptop connected to the web without putting tape tap on the web camera. I'm worried of my privacy and these gadgets are getting in and collects data from the people who purchased it.

Quote from: CarTrick on December 03, 2018, 07:33:40 PM

Well, you might lose more than just your privacy when you don’t embrace technology.

That's not the point but everyone is free to adopt technology but having these AI assistants isn't the only tech that we are allowed to embrace.

CarTrick

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I don’t know about you guys, but I’d rather have a smart home that is secure and efficient, rather than give that all up because of an unfounded paranoia about one’s privacy being lost. Well, you might lose more than just your privacy when you don’t embrace technology.

MathiasCrow

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I don`t use them at all. To be honest, I`m not concerned with privacy - I just take it as a fact that corporations already know pretty much everything about me, and very little could be really hidden.
The thing with AI assistants is that they`re oversimplifying the simplest things. I can manage my own house and devices without any help and I don`t see the point in using them.

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Ive got a few smart hubs in my home.... Alexa, Apple Hub, and some other weird hub.. the privacy concern is worrying....its interesting that to delete the audio files you have to make a 'request'... I basically brought Alexa to control my TV experience, I'm sick of having to go between remotes, Apple TV, AMP, TV, Android player, Xbox, Wii etc..

By pairing Alexa and the Harmony hub remote.. you can basically shout at the tv 'turn down sound', 'watch Netflix', 'turn on xbox' etc..

Iddaa

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Wait, this actually exist? And people are handing over their "data" freely just to have a "smarter home"? I mean, nothing against AI but we could have a secure, smart home even without losing our privacy, couldn't we?

You have a point here. Moreover, I've recently read that hackers are now using "smart" home appliances (smart toaster does sound absurd, but that's life nowadays) as bot nets. The "smarter" our homes get, the more vulnerable they'll be...

SneakyLady

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Life's details are inevitably going to become automated, but I think it will only enhance our quality of life and happiness if we have a nice place to spend all of this extra free time.. A world which wasn't designed around consumerism but living human existences of spending time with friends and family and living out various adventures. VR will probably provide for a lot of this at a great price..

Right now I don't use them. They don't solve big enough problems and aren't worth the investment, right now anyways..

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Quote from: Sherwood_Archer on November 29, 2018, 02:22:44 PM

I have also read some news where there are already "smart cities" wherein data of the people living in there are actually being collected that are supposed to be used to make their homes "smarter" with the use of artificial intelligence.

Wait, this actually exist? And people are handing over their "data" freely just to have a "smarter home"? I mean, nothing against AI but we could have a secure, smart home even without losing our privacy, couldn't we?

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Would you be willing to give basically information of just about everything you do in exchange for a "smarter" home?

No, I won't. I don't even use AI assistants, at least not yet. I like my privacy, thank you very much.

Ulyss

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Still not using.
But the concept is developed and awaits implementation.

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No, I'm not using any of AI assistants like Alexa or Google Home. I'm not that concerned about my privacy, but I just don't see big benefits given by these assistants. I'm not that lazy to do these tasks myself. Is it so difficult to do these things in traditional way - let's say control TV with remote, set wake-up alarm, check calendar. And I'm already feeling strange when I'm talking to my phone voice assistant or TV remote. So, I prefer to do these tasks with my fingers. But I would like to buy few smart assistants - robot vacuum cleaner and robot lawn mover. These would save me a lot of time and would make my household jobs easier.

o_e_l_e_o

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Not at all - these things are a privacy nightmare. They are literally recording everything they hear all the time and are constantly sending that data back to Google/Amazon/whoever for storage and analysis. People are so lazy these days will willingly give away all their privacy so they don't have to get up to turn off the lights.

Sherwood_Archer

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I don't have Alexa at home but it seems a lot of people now do. I have also read some news where there are already "smart cities" wherein data of the people living in there are actually being collected that are supposed to be used to make their homes "smarter" with the use of artificial intelligence.
Would you be willing to give basically information of just about everything you do in exchange for a "smarter" home?

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