This person bought an IoT controlled home but didn't control it.
https://dnyuz.com/2023/02/17/unwanted-connection-who-has-control-of-your-smart-home/<p>Perhaps this is a place where AI could prove useful.<p>The problem seems to be that the "owner" has full permission and control.
The person buying the house can't be sure the prior owner is gone.
So the "locus of control" rests with a human.<p>Consider instead using an AI as "the owner", where the AI is associated
with the house. Buying and installing a new device would require
"convincing" the AI to accept it. Now the "locus of control" 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 "locus of control" from the person to the house.
Have you seen<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_%26_Frank" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.
> 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?