All this "smart" learning software feels really gimmicky to me. Anyone remember Windows Vista had this heavily marketed feature that would "learn" how you use y

All this "smart" learning software feels really gimmicky to me. Anyone remember Windows Vista had this heavily marketed feature that would "learn" how you use your apps at certain time of the day, and therefore allow you to launch them faster by pre-caching a few minutes before your expected launch. This feels similar. The Nest thermostat I have at home promised to save me energy by learning my schedule, and heating the house only when needed - I had to turn this off because it never really worked. People do not inherently have a predictable schedule anyway. The leaving for the airport in 15 minutes example in this article is similarly contrived. Perhaps using multiple types of batteries will be useful in the future, but I'm not sold on the software learning part ATM.