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by helsinkiandrew 6 days ago
Voice-to-Text and Text-to-Voice models are approaching that size. I wonder how close we are to getting small devices that can chat with us.

Imagine a world where your toothbrush could give you tips about dental hygiene - or advertise toothpaste. What a time to be alive!
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mschild 6 days ago
> tips about dental hygiene

They already can. Philips' higher end models have Bluetooth connections and provide feedback through the app.

> advertise toothpaste

God please no. I don't want to have to look for an adblocker for a toothbrush AI.

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left-struck 6 days ago
My goto for what I hate about modern tech is toothbrushes having Bluetooth and needing apps. Not that I hate all modern tech but if it needs an app I probably will.
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mschild 4 days ago
I'm with you there. My fridge has a wifi connection with an app.

The only function it can do is notify me if the door is open. Thats it. Absolute waste of resources. I openend the enclosure and removed the antenna of course.

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EtienneK 6 days ago
And this is why I am extremely bullish on Apple.
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walrus01 6 days ago
PLEASE DRINK A VERIFICATION CAN
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