[Eduard]

it's not only cloud services. The AI hype has hit self-hosted services and "normal" / "offline-first" applications as well.

For example, the team / leadership / foundation behind Home Assistant has been pushing AI features hard in the past 18 months or so. This coincides with my feeling that there hasn't been any relevant improvement in Home Assistant's core features and usability — it's in stagnation for over a year now.

This is of course my own opinion, but it makes sense: if a significant share of resources is spent on AI stuff, that share is not available anymore for other needs.

[crabmusket]

This is why we need small company and community owned and run software, preferably open source. Zulip's post about their policies regarding AI training rubbed some the wrong way due to its perceived anti-Slack positioning, but it was at least sensible and measured. Venture backed businesses are all vulnerable to investor desire to chase fads in the name of speculative returns.

[xescure]

What features do you want from Home Assistant?