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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 48 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There's an uncanny valley effect for how i treat objects. A stuffed animal I'll treat very well, but I'll yell at Siri that it's a piece of shit.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 days ago

Fracking clankers huh?

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Hmm, how do you treat your Roomba?

[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

This comment made me think that it comes down to how useful something is.

The roomba is very helpful, even though it takes a bit of extra maintenance. Siri/Google are absolutely worthless assistants that can't play a single song correctly 80% of the time. Even when they work it's only gotten less convenient.

Common interactions go:

Me: hey Google, what is something

Google: I don't know. According to this website answers the question

Or worse, google: I've sent the results to your device!

[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Like interacting with a particularly stupid puppy, I suppose.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] rucksack@feddit.org 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can't put googly eyes on my Roomba, they interfere with the LIDAR. I almost cried when I realized, why should you have a Roomba, if you can't put googly eyes on it?

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You can't put them on the top?

[–] rucksack@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There is a little LIDAR tower on top of the Roomba. I could put the eyes on top of the tower, but there is not enough space, and it would look kind of weird. And if I put the eyes on the top of the Roomba, beneath the tower, the LIDAR can't see through the eyes. It's a tragic irony, really.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why would small pieces of plastic interfere with an antenna?

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Lidar is laser, not radio

[–] martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 days ago

Theirs is a predator, not a prey room a.