This just demonstrates that the problem, for laypeople, isn't so much the programming as the debugging. What does "your mom" do when she realizes the kettle is

This just demonstrates that the problem, for laypeople, isn't so much the programming as the debugging. What does "your mom" do when she realizes the kettle is on for nearly 18 hours every day because that's how long her car is there? Being able to communicate effectively, in a bidirectional manner, with a computer is a skill. It's a skill people will probably always have to learn, one way or another. It's more likely that more people will learn these skills than that we'll devise a way for computers to be the smart ones in the conversation any time soon.