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Re: Building Jarvis

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Post by Ajedi32 »

rcheu wrote: post #55
komali2 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've wanted to test something similar - holding up a giant "Speed Limit: 75MPH" sign when a google car drives by on these little 30mph Mountain View roads and see what happens. Probably nothing but I can't shake the comical thought of one of those little bugs rocketing to turbo mode while the dude inside is frantically slapping the big red "stop" button.

They currently have a max speed of 25 mph or something, even on roads with faster speed limits. It's a bit annoying when you're stuck behind them.

Isn't that only for the custom-designed Prototype cars? I thought the modded Lexus cars were allowed to drive at highway speeds.

Re: Building Jarvis

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Post by chinathrow »

marme wrote: post #95
beeker87 wrote: post #47

Is anyone else seeing the possible security risk shown in the 'Vision and Face Recognition' section? The main concern I would have is someone spoofing the visual recognition system with something as crude as photographs, or something more advanced like a mask. He states in that section, "Once it identifies the person, it checks a list to confirm I'm expecting that person, and if I am then it will let them in and tell…

this is a guy who has multiple armed security guards outside hit home 24/7. Plus the fact he almost certainly has staff and assistants who are coming and going from the house. There is no way you make it to the front door if you are not expected, this is just to save his staff from having to use the key or for someone to open the door for them. This would never be secure enough for a normal persons house

> This would never be secure enough for a normal persons house

The Canadians beg to differ ;)

Re: Building Jarvis

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Post by iamskeptic »

user837387 wrote: post #80
juancampa wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey man, what are you side projects? I'm interested!

Unfortunately this is my throw away account. I speak my mind so I come off as a troll. I'll post the latest project I'm working under my real user id in a few months. I'm kicking myself since this appears to be a good opportunity for some self promotion. Fuck Me. Edit: This is making me realize that I should stop being an anonymous coward and put myself out there to try to make my projects and I known to the world. I…

Anonymous Cowards are something from Slashdot, right? I don't think that applies here.

I also have a few different accounts, while keeping my main account more 'professional'. I do it for a few reasons: the HN hive mentality hates dissenting opinions in general (doesn't matter how well written and based on facts), everything has to be super politically correct these days and the 'cultural fit' mantra could mean I would have a disadvantage getting a job (since many employers/startups will check your comment history to decide if you're a "fit", while simultaneously posting on their blog about diversity efforts).

I'd say keep using your throwaway accounts. It's not the end of the world you didn't get to promote your side project in this thread.

Re: Building Jarvis

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Post by Apocryphon »

jk563 wrote: post #93
Apocryphon wrote: post #62

Chances that Facebook will strike a deal with Disney to adopt the Jarvis name and Paul Bettany voice and roll out their own A.I. helper personality in the future to compete with Siri/Alexa/Cortana/Google Now eventually?

Surely it's just a matter of time before someone gets a blank cheque and hires Paul Bettany for whatever is required to voice one of these systems. I'm through and through Google to a fault, but that would seriously sway me. I'd definitely give the Bettany system a go!

Google should embrace anthropomorphization and just give Google Now/Assistant an actual name and persona.

Re: Building Jarvis

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Post by dickbasedregex »

Neat but this is underwhelming considering who it is with his resources. I've seen dozens of setups like this from random nobody developers over the past 10 years or so.

One-off home brew projects like this are neat but until someone creates and releases a good, extensible foundation to build on top of, meh... And even then it would probably be terrible because they would try to spin it into some business effort (which hackers will avoid b/c they don't want to be glued to someone else's product) instead of an earnest open source effort.

Re: Building Jarvis

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Post by nodja »

If you're interested, you can recreate the work he did in a fraction of the time.

https://home-assistant.io/

It's not voice centric like 'jarvis' would be, but it bridges most of the existing smart devices that exist right now and let's you do a plethora of many more things than 'jarvis' does. You can for example add gps tracking to your phone and have it control your thermostat for when you're close to home, or turn on the the lights at sundown and you're home, or you can program it to shut off the light when something is playing on the chromecast, etc. It supports alexa skills as well, so you can have that be a trigger for whatever you need done.

Hass's oobe is basically just a dashboard for your smart devices, but with some tinkering you can set up rules and customize it for your personal needs.

Re: Building Jarvis

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

dickbasedregex wrote: post #106

Neat but this is underwhelming considering who it is with his resources. I've seen dozens of setups like this from random nobody developers over the past 10 years or so. One-off home brew projects like this are neat but until someone creates and releases a good, extensible foundation to build on top of, meh... And even then it would probably be terrible because they would try to spin it into some business effort (whi…

This was never intended to be a Facebook project, it was a personal project for him. And arguably, the amount he accomplished is pretty incredible for the timeframe considering everything else he was doing.

Sure, he has the money to pay people to do it for him, but it was as much a learning experience as anything else.

I've been working on a system for my home as well, and my goal is to implement as much code myself as possible, rather than relying on external libraries, mostly so that I can learn more about how those things work.

Re: Building Jarvis

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Post by stevehiehn »

I think many developers have not yet realized that you dont need a PHD in mathamatics to creatively and effectively use modern ML frameworks. When (most) devs need to store data they download there favorite DB, not roll there own search algorithm.
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