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Yes I would like a Starship Enterprise-style computer in my house. Who wouldn't? But it has to be the the ad-free version that works for me. It won't monitor th

Yes I would like a Starship Enterprise-style computer in my house. Who wouldn't? But it has to be the the ad-free version that works for me. It won't monitor the activities of my family and then sell the anonymized data to selected third parties. Then supply the de-anonymized data to government agencies and school boards at the drop of a hat for 'safe-guarding' or 'anti-terrorism' purposes. In the meantime I recognise that there's some health value to getting up periodically to flick switches.

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
No one's going to build this for you. If you want an assistant built around your needs... start building. AI is not going to magically make a piece of software work the way each and every person on Earth would like, but making one for yourself is far more possible. :)
spc476 9y ago
Then there's the ST:TNG episode "Contagion" where the crew spends the entire hour futzing around with the Enterprise's computer only to come to the conclusion of "let's reboot it!" Sigh.
- tragomaskhalos 9y ago
  Was it running a Windows update ;-) : "do not power off your computer" = "tough tits if you were packing up your laptop to go home matey, one of those soi-disant 'updates' is actually a virus scan, which will take hours if you're lucky, or I might just bork the whole frickin' thing, we'll see..."
pasabagi 9y ago
I think this is kinda possible - if you hook up a raspberry pi with a bunch of relay switches. I think there's a speech-recognition project from Mozilla that's actually trained on the pi. I vaguely considered it - but honestly, what's the point? Light switches are excellent tech. I think I'll go for a home computer the day somebody makes a roomba that can pick up trash, and clean the bathroom. Before that, all the really time-consuming stuff has to be done manually anyway.
- StapleHorse 9y ago
  For speech recognition, in android, you can use google now, then with the app tasker you can send the recognised text to your mqtt broker and from there it's easy. I'm doing that with some relays and LIFX bulbs using Openhab.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    That solution fails the stated requisite of not monitoring you.
    - gm-conspiracy 9y ago
      https://snips.ai/ https://snips.ai/ ?
- gm-conspiracy 9y ago
  This is an interesting voice assistance project that does not rely on calling out to third-party services: https://snips.ai/ https://snips.ai/
  - pasabagi 9y ago
    That's exactly what I was thinking about, actually! I would absolutely never install a non open-source monitoring device in my house - and I frankly think it's insane that people pay money to do so. It's really nice to know that when this technology matures, and becomes the kind of thing everybody has, I'm not going to have to be a luddite.
Epholys 9y ago
There is two projects that make a step forward the privacy direction: Mark II [0] and Project Things [1] by Mozilla. There are of course not as developed as the big ones, but it's refreshing. [0] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiforeveryone/mycroft-mark-ii-the-open-voice-assistant/description https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiforeveryone/mycroft-m... [1] https://iot.mozilla.org/ https://iot.mozilla.org/
bambax 9y ago
> Yes I would like a Starship Enterprise-style computer in my house. Who wouldn't? I wouldn't. What's the point exactly? Take smart lights, what are they for?? When I enter the room I switch lights on, when I leave the room I switch lights off. I'm not sure when I would need to switch lights on while already in the room. I never stay in the same room for so long that the sun sets while I'm still there not moving. At night in the bedroom there are switches near the bed (attached to the wall, which can't get lost, contrary to a remote, and don't need sound, contrary to voice control). My point is, we tend to accept technology even when it doesn't solve any problem we are actually having.
- humanrebar 9y ago
  > When I enter the room I switch lights on, when I leave the room I switch lights off. There have been more than a few times in the last month where my hands were disgusting enough (pets, kids, etc.) that touching light switches, knobs, etc. meant I had to retrace my steps with cleaning supplies.
  - mpol 9y ago
    You still have elbows, a nose and a chin to switch the light on/off. And how do you use a remote with greasy hands? You have to clean that afterwards.
    - humanrebar 9y ago
      I use them when I can, but motion sensors in public bathrooms don't have this issue. Well designed public bathrooms don't require you to touch anything in the room. A similar setup at home would be beneficial to households prone to biohazards, which most are in different seasons of life.
      - mpol 9y ago
        I can understand that for a public restroom the motion sensors are a good addition. For a home setup, what do you do when you sit in the couch, or at your desk. Do you wave to the sensor every five minutes, just to leave the light on? I cannot imagine I would ever want that.
Feniks 9y ago
"anonymized data" That's if you're lucky. I don't want to sound paranoid but if there are sensors in your house its only a matter of time before someone wants to use them.

ocdtrekkie 9y ago

No one's going to build this for you. If you want an assistant built around your needs... start building. AI is not going to magically make a piece of software work the way each and every person on Earth would like, but making one for yourself is far more possible. :)

spc476 9y ago

Then there's the ST:TNG episode "Contagion" where the crew spends the entire hour futzing around with the Enterprise's computer only to come to the conclusion of "let's reboot it!" Sigh.

tragomaskhalos 9y ago
Was it running a Windows update ;-) : "do not power off your computer" = "tough tits if you were packing up your laptop to go home matey, one of those soi-disant 'updates' is actually a virus scan, which will take hours if you're lucky, or I might just bork the whole frickin' thing, we'll see..."

pasabagi 9y ago

I think this is kinda possible - if you hook up a raspberry pi with a bunch of relay switches. I think there's a speech-recognition project from Mozilla that's actually trained on the pi. I vaguely considered it - but honestly, what's the point? Light switches are excellent tech. I think I'll go for a home computer the day somebody makes a roomba that can pick up trash, and clean the bathroom. Before that, all the really time-consuming stuff has to be done manually anyway.

StapleHorse 9y ago
For speech recognition, in android, you can use google now, then with the app tasker you can send the recognised text to your mqtt broker and from there it's easy. I'm doing that with some relays and LIFX bulbs using Openhab.
- icebraining 9y ago
  That solution fails the stated requisite of not monitoring you.
  - gm-conspiracy 9y ago
    https://snips.ai/ https://snips.ai/ ?
gm-conspiracy 9y ago
This is an interesting voice assistance project that does not rely on calling out to third-party services: https://snips.ai/ https://snips.ai/
- pasabagi 9y ago
  That's exactly what I was thinking about, actually! I would absolutely never install a non open-source monitoring device in my house - and I frankly think it's insane that people pay money to do so. It's really nice to know that when this technology matures, and becomes the kind of thing everybody has, I'm not going to have to be a luddite.

Epholys 9y ago

There is two projects that make a step forward the privacy direction: Mark II [0] and Project Things [1] by Mozilla. There are of course not as developed as the big ones, but it's refreshing. [0] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiforeveryone/mycroft-mark-ii-the-open-voice-assistant/description https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiforeveryone/mycroft-m... [1] https://iot.mozilla.org/ https://iot.mozilla.org/

bambax 9y ago

> Yes I would like a Starship Enterprise-style computer in my house. Who wouldn't? I wouldn't. What's the point exactly? Take smart lights, what are they for?? When I enter the room I switch lights on, when I leave the room I switch lights off. I'm not sure when I would need to switch lights on while already in the room. I never stay in the same room for so long that the sun sets while I'm still there not moving. At night in the bedroom there are switches near the bed (attached to the wall, which can't get lost, contrary to a remote, and don't need sound, contrary to voice control). My point is, we tend to accept technology even when it doesn't solve any problem we are actually having.

humanrebar 9y ago
> When I enter the room I switch lights on, when I leave the room I switch lights off. There have been more than a few times in the last month where my hands were disgusting enough (pets, kids, etc.) that touching light switches, knobs, etc. meant I had to retrace my steps with cleaning supplies.
- mpol 9y ago
  You still have elbows, a nose and a chin to switch the light on/off. And how do you use a remote with greasy hands? You have to clean that afterwards.
  - humanrebar 9y ago
    I use them when I can, but motion sensors in public bathrooms don't have this issue. Well designed public bathrooms don't require you to touch anything in the room. A similar setup at home would be beneficial to households prone to biohazards, which most are in different seasons of life.
    - mpol 9y ago
      I can understand that for a public restroom the motion sensors are a good addition. For a home setup, what do you do when you sit in the couch, or at your desk. Do you wave to the sensor every five minutes, just to leave the light on? I cannot imagine I would ever want that.

Feniks 9y ago

"anonymized data" That's if you're lucky. I don't want to sound paranoid but if there are sensors in your house its only a matter of time before someone wants to use them.