alt Hacker NewsI would like a personal assistant on my phone that, based on my usual routine and my exact position, can tell me (for example) which bus will get me home the quickest off the ferry, whether the bridge is clogged with traffic, do I need an umbrella? what's probably missing from my fridge, time to top up transit pass, did I tap in? etc etc. These things would appear on my lock screen when I most probably need to know them.
No email stuff, no booking things, no security problems.
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Sounds like there is need for decent singular interface for bunch of expert systems. Sadly I think everyone is so deep into locking their own thing down from others that this will never happen.
No security problems carries a lot of weight here because by design you’re having to expose a significant amount of information but this is doable as a weekend project
I mean that also sounds like a logical first step.
If “AI” can predict what you need, start with that. And layer in the “do it for me” (“book me the 1pm ferry”) later on.
In an alternative reality Apple didn't absolutely shit the bed on AI and made this possible. Sadly they've shown they are woefully behind and have utterly useless people leading divisions they shouldn't have been allowed anywhere near.
Sounds like you just need to install Apple Maps, Apple Weather^* and some separte fridge-tracking app. No need of additional intrusive AI
^* or equivalents