Re: [agi] SOTA
On 06/01/07, Gary Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like the idea of the house being the central AI though and communicating > to > house robots through an wireless encrypted protocol to prevent inadvertant > commands from other systems and hacking. This is the way it's going to go in my opinion. In a house or office the robots would really be dumb actuators - puppets - being controlled from a central AI which integrates multiple systems together. That way you can keep the cost and maintenance requirements of the robot to a bare minimum. Such a system also future-proofs the robot in a rapidly changing software world, and allows intelligence to be provided as an internet based service. If there's a market for this, then why can't I even buy a thermostat with a timer on it to turn the temperature down at night and up in the morning? The most basic home automation, which could have been built cheaply 30 years ago, is still, if available at all, so rare that I've never seen it. - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
Re: [agi] SOTA
If there's a market for this, then why can't I even buy a thermostat with a timer on it to turn the temperature down at night and up in the morning? The most basic home automation, which could have been built cheaply 30 years ago, is still, if available at all, so rare that I've never seen it. Huh? I've never lived in a home without such (nor been aware that they were rare). - Original Message - From: "Philip Goetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [agi] SOTA On 06/01/07, Gary Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like the idea of the house being the central AI though and > communicating > to > house robots through an wireless encrypted protocol to prevent > inadvertant > commands from other systems and hacking. This is the way it's going to go in my opinion. In a house or office the robots would really be dumb actuators - puppets - being controlled from a central AI which integrates multiple systems together. That way you can keep the cost and maintenance requirements of the robot to a bare minimum. Such a system also future-proofs the robot in a rapidly changing software world, and allows intelligence to be provided as an internet based service. If there's a market for this, then why can't I even buy a thermostat with a timer on it to turn the temperature down at night and up in the morning? The most basic home automation, which could have been built cheaply 30 years ago, is still, if available at all, so rare that I've never seen it. - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303 - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
Re: [agi] SOTA
On Jan 11, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Philip Goetz wrote: On 06/01/07, Gary Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is the way it's going to go in my opinion. In a house or office the robots would really be dumb actuators - puppets - being controlled from a central AI which integrates multiple systems together. That way you can keep the cost and maintenance requirements of the robot to a bare minimum. Such a system also future-proofs the robot in a rapidly changing software world, and allows intelligence to be provided as an internet based service. If there's a market for this, then why can't I even buy a thermostat with a timer on it to turn the temperature down at night and up in the morning? The most basic home automation, which could have been built cheaply 30 years ago, is still, if available at all, so rare that I've never seen it. http://www.google.com/search?q=programmable+thermostat They're extremely common; there's an entire aisle of such things at my local Home Depot. -- Randall Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "If you are trying to produce a commercial product in a timely and cost efficient way, it is not good to have somebody's PhD research on your critical path." -- Chip Morningstar - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
Re: [agi] SOTA
On Jan 11, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Philip Goetz wrote: If there's a market for this, then why can't I even buy a thermostat with a timer on it to turn the temperature down at night and up in the morning? The most basic home automation, which could have been built cheaply 30 years ago, is still, if available at all, so rare that I've never seen it. What country do you live in? That thermostat technology has been ubiquitous in the US for new construction for many years. Granted, older buildings tend to have the thermostats opportunistically replaced, but it has been a lot of years and a couple places since I didn't live in a place with this type of thermostat. Apparently, the future has arrived and just is not evenly distributed. J. Andrew Rogers - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
