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IoT, Smart Homes, and Locus of Control

1 pointsby dalyover 2 years ago
This person bought an IoT controlled home but didn&#x27;t control it. https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dnyuz.com&#x2F;2023&#x2F;02&#x2F;17&#x2F;unwanted-connection-who-has-control-of-your-smart-home&#x2F;<p>Perhaps this is a place where AI could prove useful.<p>The problem seems to be that the &quot;owner&quot; has full permission and control. The person buying the house can&#x27;t be sure the prior owner is gone. So the &quot;locus of control&quot; rests with a human.<p>Consider instead using an AI as &quot;the owner&quot;, where the AI is associated with the house. Buying and installing a new device would require &quot;convincing&quot; the AI to accept it. Now the &quot;locus of control&quot; rests with the AI.<p>When transferring control from the old house owner to the new owner there would be a process of convincing the AI that the old owner can no longer access anything but the new owner can. Perhaps this might require the AI to check with a government authority to verify that the required paperwork for transfer is complete and correct.<p>The key idea is to transfer &quot;locus of control&quot; from the person to the house.

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PaulHouleover 2 years ago
Have you seen<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Robot_%26_Frank" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Robot_%26_Frank</a><p>?<p>That movie wonderfully explores the difference between what a robot owes to its owner and what it could owe to the state.
smoldesuover 2 years ago
&gt; Perhaps this might require the AI to check with a government authority to verify that the required paperwork for transfer is complete and correct.<p>Why not forgo AI entirely and just use a fully-digital process to start with?