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As a parent of several kids, I have no idea what is the use case for this. When does it ever happen that a kid too small to be safe by himself has to be let alo

As a parent of several kids, I have no idea what is the use case for this. When does it ever happen that a kid too small to be safe by himself has to be let alone, with a camera to record him? My eyes are a good enough camera, and my brain holds a reasonable list of safety rules. What problem does this solve that isn't already near perfectly solved by my existence?

jdminhbg 1y ago
> When does it ever happen that a kid too small to be safe by himself has to be let alone, with a camera to record him? Nap time? Overnight?
sokoloff 1y ago
The same set of problems that is solved by an audio or AV baby monitor. Surely you didn’t have the baby in the same room as an awake adult 24 hours per day for 730 straight days, right?
Edmond 1y ago
What about the AI playground monitor?: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44087499 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44087499 I am the developer :) That is a demo of course but I think what sets LLM tools like this apart from what came before is that implemented correctly, the user gets to decide what it is, and can change the meaning at any time, in other words what it should be looking for at any time. That is of course if the solution is implementation correctly. There is immense potential for these type of capabilities if they are done in a way that leaves the specific use case implementation up to users.
victorbjorklund 1y ago
You never ever sleep? Did your children have an awake adult watching them 24/7 all year around? I doubt most people can have that situation since that would require a team of people taking shifts sitting looking at the child
- epolanski 1y ago
  Why would you need to have someone awake 24/7 while your child sleeps?
  - victorbjorklund 1y ago
    Because the child might wake up while you are sleeping. That is why people use baby monitors (this is just a more fancy baby monitor)
    - epolanski 1y ago
      That's different than having someone awake 24/7 following the child?

jdminhbg 1y ago

> When does it ever happen that a kid too small to be safe by himself has to be let alone, with a camera to record him? Nap time? Overnight?

sokoloff 1y ago

The same set of problems that is solved by an audio or AV baby monitor. Surely you didn’t have the baby in the same room as an awake adult 24 hours per day for 730 straight days, right?

Edmond 1y ago

What about the AI playground monitor?: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44087499 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44087499 I am the developer :) That is a demo of course but I think what sets LLM tools like this apart from what came before is that implemented correctly, the user gets to decide what it is, and can change the meaning at any time, in other words what it should be looking for at any time. That is of course if the solution is implementation correctly. There is immense potential for these type of capabilities if they are done in a way that leaves the specific use case implementation up to users.

victorbjorklund 1y ago

You never ever sleep? Did your children have an awake adult watching them 24/7 all year around? I doubt most people can have that situation since that would require a team of people taking shifts sitting looking at the child

epolanski 1y ago
Why would you need to have someone awake 24/7 while your child sleeps?
- victorbjorklund 1y ago
  Because the child might wake up while you are sleeping. That is why people use baby monitors (this is just a more fancy baby monitor)
  - epolanski 1y ago
    That's different than having someone awake 24/7 following the child?