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I'm not understanding the point of the article, and the title is weird. The alerts helped the author understand something was amiss, which is neat, I'm not sure

I'm not understanding the point of the article, and the title is weird. The alerts helped the author understand something was amiss, which is neat, I'm not sure what else was expected.

nocoiner 3y ago
The conclusion is baffling. If I understand the author’s thesis, I think it was something like: “Wouldn’t it be neat if the thermostat had more insight and could have automatically arranged to have itself repaired? But I don’t know how that’s possible. And if it were, I’m not sure I want those privacy trade offs. But we have to figure out how to get there from here!” Uh, do we? The first thing I think about a self-repairing HVAC (or, rather, an HVAC that summons a technician autonomously) is how quickly can you go from “working A/C” to “ruinously expensive”? Yeah, I think I’m gonna keep a human in the loop on this one.