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Is it really 'smart' when its just running a program? Not to be offensive, I have yet to see a truly 'smart' device of any kind.
by annoyingnoob 5y ago
Is it really 'smart' when its just running a program?
Not to be offensive, I have yet to see a truly 'smart' device of any kind.
- wongarsu 5y agoSmart is an ill-defined marketing term just like AI. But in the end everything is just hardware, and some of it runs some software. If "just running a program" is your yardstick I'm not sure what could satisfy your definition of "smart"?
- annoyingnoob 5y agoWhen the world gets past 'just running a program' we'll know. Until then the creator might feel clever but the device is not smart. I suppose a space like HN is a place to be honest about what our technology can and cannot do. I think of this as a place where its okay to question ill-defined marketing terms and even do away with them when they don't apply.