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c/technology · by VITecNet@programming.dev · 2y

Apple’s next nebulous idea: smart home robots

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/9/24174800/apple-intelligence-ai-smart-home-robot-rumors

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12 Comments

paddirn@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They can call it the AppleJack, and the inevitable sex toy that gets made out of it will be dubbed the AppleJackOff.

BombOmOm@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

I guess the farm really isn't bringing in the money anymore.

::: spoiler spoiler For those who don't get it, her name is Apple Jack and she works on an apple farm :::

cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 2y (3 replies)

If I had a robot, I would want it to stay securely bolted to the shop floor. I certainly wouldn't buy one from any big tech company.

BombOmOm@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I want one that can do annoying manual labor tasks. 'Remove all the paint from the concrete porch' would be a nice command.

Though, with how well AIs are going lately, I could see it deciding to destroy the front door instead if I were to entrust it with a power tool.

rottingleaf@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

One can design a visual language in which such a robot would present to the user what exactly it's going to do.

Then a user can say a command, and the resulting action would be displayed, waiting for confirmation by, say, pressing a button.

Wanderer@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

https://giphy.com/gifs/I7kkegrRyNrk4

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

They really lost the plot at this point.

rottingleaf@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 2y

"Door into Summer" comes to mind.

That means no. Until they start selling useful robots with a few simple MCs inside and sufficient documentation. No "AI", no telemetry, no nice GUI, nothing like that.

slimarev92@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I always thought Apple should make appliances. I say let them try.

Murdoc@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Apple making robots, what could go wrong? (Looks up phone number for Tom Selleck)

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

All of those robots are easily defeated by a flight of stairs.

phoneymouse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y

Yeah, don't mind the flying drones using LLM snapshots to navigate and identify obstacles, like random people.