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Survey shows most people wouldn't pay extra for AI-enhanced hardware | 84% of people said no (www.techspot.com)

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Companies are going all-in on artificial intelligence right now, investing millions or even billions into the area while slapping the AI initialism on their products, even when doing so seems strange and pointless.

Heavy investment and increasingly powerful hardware tend to mean more expensive products. To discover if people would be willing to pay extra for hardware with AI capabilities, the question was asked on the TechPowerUp forums.

The results show that over 22,000 people, a massive 84% of the overall vote, said no, they would not pay more. More than 2,200 participants said they didn't know, while just under 2,000 voters said yes.

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[-] Kraiden@kbin.run 129 points 4 months ago

someone tried to sell me a fucking AI fridge the other day. Why the fuck would I want my fridge to "learn my habits?" I don't even like my phone "learning my habits!"

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

I want AI in my fridge for sure. Grocery shopping sucks. Forgetting how old something was sucks. Letting all the cool out to crawl around to see what I have sucks.

I want my fridge to be like the Sims, just get deliveries or pickup the order. Fill it out and get told what ingredients I have. Bonus points if you can just tell me what recipes I can cook right now, even better if I can ask for time frame.

That would be sick!

Still not going to give ecorp all of my data or put some half back internet of stings device on my WiFi for it. But it would be cool.

[-] Kraiden@kbin.run 8 points 4 months ago

Ye, that'd be sick! and that's also not what was being sold! this fridge did none of that. What exactly made it "AI" I didn't bother to find out, but I work in IT. I guarantee it wasn't this. Also, not convinced I want my fridge to be able to spend my money for me. I want to be able to have a Ramen month if I need/want

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Automatic spending definitely takes next level of trust for sure!

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