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The deferred execution makes this more complex as now the yet to be executed part needs to be queued somewhere It could be issuing a command in the same way yo

The deferred execution makes this more complex as now the yet to be executed part needs to be queued somewhere It could be issuing a command in the same way you do the first, but probably most lights just support switching them on/off right now, and won't take a delay argument. So, if you can't just do the same you were doing, how do you do it? If there's some kind of local support, you can issue a delay command to some device in the network that will switch the lights on, but you still need to be able to control that action as the user might want to cancel or adjust the delay too. If the execution need to happen remotely because there's no local support, then you don't even know that you'll be able to reach the device in 5 minutes (Internet down, router not letting random connections in). And keeping this request queued needs some infra in the server side too together with the necessary APIs to allow adjusting and cancelling requests.

hmryehbut 4y ago
So it requires things software engineers do all the time. Where is the hard part?
NLPlatypus 4y ago
But you can apparently tell it “remember I put my keys upstairs”, and when you ask where your keys are, it tells you upstairs. There is storage going on already
shepherdjerred 4y ago
> If there's some kind of local support, you can issue a delay command to some device in the network that will switch the lights on, but you still need to be able to control that action as the user might want to cancel or adjust the delay too. I'm pretty sure there is some form of local support, at least for Google. Whne I last used it you had to choose a speaker that automations executed from
Shorel 4y ago
Just put everything in queues, even immediate things. The AI feeds the action queues, and another isolated component performs the actions, including delays and follow ups.

hmryehbut 4y ago

So it requires things software engineers do all the time. Where is the hard part?

NLPlatypus 4y ago

But you can apparently tell it “remember I put my keys upstairs”, and when you ask where your keys are, it tells you upstairs. There is storage going on already

shepherdjerred 4y ago

> If there's some kind of local support, you can issue a delay command to some device in the network that will switch the lights on, but you still need to be able to control that action as the user might want to cancel or adjust the delay too. I'm pretty sure there is some form of local support, at least for Google. Whne I last used it you had to choose a speaker that automations executed from

Shorel 4y ago

Just put everything in queues, even immediate things. The AI feeds the action queues, and another isolated component performs the actions, including delays and follow ups.