i from the there-is-no-spoon dept.\r
i\r
i Andrew Orlowski of The Register recounts all the gadgets\r
-i supercharged with AI that he came across at IFA tradeshow last\r
-i week -- and wonders what value AI brought to the table. He\r
-i writes: I didn't see a blockchain toothbrush at IFA in Berlin\r
-i last week, but I'm sure there was one lurking about somewhere.\r
-i With 30 vast halls to cover, I didn't look too hard for it.\r
-i But I did see many things almost as tragic that no one could\r
-i miss -- AI being squeezed into almost every conceivable bit of\r
+i [1]supercharged with AI that he came across at IFA tradeshow\r
+i last week -- and wonders what value AI brought to the table .\r
+i He writes:\r
+i \r
+i > I didn't see a blockchain toothbrush at IFA in Berlin last\r
+i week, but I'm sure there was one lurking about somewhere. With\r
+i 30 vast halls to cover, I didn't look too hard for it. But I\r
+i did see many things almost as tragic that no one could miss --\r
+i AI being squeezed into almost every conceivable bit of\r
i consumer electronics. But none were convincing. If ever there\r
i was a solution looking for a problem, it's ramming AI into\r
i gadgets to show of a company's machine learning prowess. For\r
i the consumer it adds unreliability, cost and complexity, and\r
-i the annoyance of being prompted. [...] Back to LG, which takes\r
-i 2018's prize for sticking AI into a superfluous gadget. The\r
-i centrepiece of its AI efforts this year is a robot, ClOi. Put\r
-i Google Assistant or Alexa on wheels, and you have ClOi. I\r
-i asked the booth person what exactly ClOi could do to be told\r
-i "it can take notes for your shopping list." Why wasn't this\r
-i miracle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution let loose on the\r
-i LG floor? I wondered -- a question answered by this account of\r
-i ClOi's debut at CES in January. Clearly things haven't\r
-i improved much -- this robot buddy was kept indoors.\r
+i the annoyance of being prompted.\r
+i \r
+i >\r
+i \r
+i > [...] Back to LG, which takes 2018's prize for sticking AI\r
+i into a superfluous gadget. The centrepiece of its AI efforts\r
+i this year is a robot, ClOi. Put Google Assistant or Alexa on\r
+i wheels, and you have ClOi. I asked the booth person what\r
+i exactly ClOi could do to be told "it can take notes for your\r
+i shopping list." Why wasn't this miracle of the Fourth\r
+i Industrial Revolution let loose on the LG floor? I wondered --\r
+i a question answered by this account of ClOi's debut at CES in\r
+i January. Clearly things haven't improved much -- this robot\r
+i buddy was kept indoors.\r
+i \r
+i \r
+i \r
+i [1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/05/consumer_ai_ifa_2-\r
+i 018_roundup/\r
i\r
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