[adrianwaj]

Reminded me of the recent Q.ai acquisition by Apple. It's obvious that if you're using voice it should be as clear as possible.

I was going to suggest the next big leap will be some kind of "OmniLinux" that spreads across all devices, appliances and hardware that contains any kind of OS and enables interoperability, control and telemetry. Allows updating firmware from a central point, access control and power management. Will be used by humans first, then bots later. There might be some big retro movement to old world things as a result when people reject the idea of a "common dashboard" for the things they own. Might be useful for sharing and rentals though. Is a new OS needed for this though, why not some standards and protocols?

Had this vague thought that the OP is a bot. Does it matter?

[rafaelmdec]

OP is not a bot. I can tell you that for sure.

To your point, and I see that it is a recurring opinion around here.

I like the way you think, yet I find it difficult to see how one such movement would emerge.

Most likely from the Open Source community, as I do not see any incumbent intending to go in that direction, don't you think?

[adrianwaj]

Generally you'd need a killer app/device designed from the standpoint of a vision and once the app/device spreads, so does the vision.

I had the idea of a trashcan that knows what's being thrown away, say with a handheld barcode scanner. The product can be a wifi connected barcode scanner. Each time you scan something, you'd say something like: need 3 more now, past expiry, didn't like, find alternative, order more in 2 weeks. And that barcode scanner would do the ordering through an Agent for replacements.

Not sure if it needs to be wifi connected, but needs web access somehow at some point.

On the other side, suppliers would pay to access and fulfill these orders. Eventually that would be done by Robotaxis and drones. There could be a screen attached to this barcode scanner too ( see this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46699782 )

So I guess the goal is to setup a site MyStuff. And aim to slot in OmniLinux in there. Also worth taking into account the recycling aspect.. trash is money.

Maybe you could even take the scanner shopping to discover and scan things with it... not sure how retailers would feel about that.

Could also be used to quickly and easily sell one's stuff, or tokenize it.

But yeah, this is just zooming in on a starting point. The other idea I had was community notice boards. Always important across the world, especially for launching a business. Maybe they could have little cameras in them to record new pinups. Sell to local councils.

So with MyStuff, I am not sure how that overlaps with IoT and Tokenization, some things would be assets, some just things.

Maybe get a really good website going and find a way to let people populate it with data.

I am attempting to move away from smartphones as well. Maybe there's a way to give away these scanners forA Social Network for AI Agents free or provide rebates if the data they collect is solid and/or leads to real transactions. Can also be used as a crypto wallet in face-to-face transactions. That'd be nice - and a way to limit the loss if the scanner is lost/stolen.

Good luck.

[rafaelmdec]

I'm not gonna say don't do it. By all means, go ahead and try it out.

My only advice is: don't get married to the solution.

Or, in wiser words, fall in love with the problem, not the solution (I think Ury Levine coined that one).

At the end of the day, either you'll have learned or succeeded.