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This sounds very exciting, but the more I think about this the more I think the right interface UI for light control isn't language. I recently bought smart swi
by aylmao 3y ago
This sounds very exciting, but the more I think about this the more I think the right interface UI for light control isn't language. I recently bought smart switches for my smart lights and its fantastic to be back to clicking.
Having to exclaim "I'm going to bed" every time you're going to bed, or "turn on bathroom lights" every time you're going to the bathroom is cartoonish at best, and gets annoying. Switching "turn on bathroom lights" for "I'm going to use the bathroom" doesn't make it much better. The ideal interface IMO is presence sensors or in their absence, well-placed light switches, given how quickly and subconsciously one can flick them.
I think there's room for augmentation and improvement using LLMs and language. A system that automatically adjusts the color of the lights based on the time of day, or one you can occasionally ask exact or complex queries (ie, "make the living room red", or "turn the lights off in 50 minutes please"). But for the day-to-day, having to "think" about your lights gets annoying.