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cfowlesyesterday at 1:38 AM9 repliesview on HN

Wasn't really till seeing this home assistant demo they have (https://www.loom.com/share/18c4dbcf8db546dfb2d7f2ef018e78e4) that the value really clicked for me.

Seems really cool.


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VladVladikoffyesterday at 3:51 AM

This is very cool. However I don’t really want to bounce all my home automation commands to the cloud. I hope there will be an open weights approach one day. I’ve spent a lot of time setting up my local only home automation system, it would suck if it didn’t work during an internet outage, and also there are obvious privacy problems.

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fgblanchyesterday at 2:18 AM

This video makes a better job at explaining what it is about vs the marketing ones. Thanks for sharing.

ramozyesterday at 2:05 AM

Guess I'm a bit less impressed seeing that for some of the more intelligent driven+action work -- splitting requests in the video -- they had to kick out to an anthropic model.

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wg0yesterday at 4:34 AM

That's good.

Side note - just like most people don't need an intelligent personal assistant to manage and respond their emails and book their flights, most people also don't need smart homes. Century old toggle switches are more than enough in a 3 room apartment or 5 room house unless you have a mention.

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mcintyre1994yesterday at 8:39 AM

That's a really nice demo and way more helpful than their website, thanks for sharing it!

qingcharlesyesterday at 4:35 AM

That really helped figuring out what this thing does, thank you.

BiteCode_devyesterday at 11:04 AM

Thanks, much clearer that way. The speaker is unusually eloquent and to the point for a very nerdy demo, they should put that on their home page.

dominotwyesterday at 2:29 PM

Its all fun and games till it turns on blender instead of shutting down garage door