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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.
Fracking clankers huh?
Hmm, how do you treat your Roomba?
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!
Like interacting with a particularly stupid puppy, I suppose.
Googly eyes or no?
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?
You can't put them on the top?
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.
Why would small pieces of plastic interfere with an antenna?
Lidar is laser, not radio
Theirs is a predator, not a prey room a.