Ask Noah Show 495

About this episode

Noah and Steve discuss their upcoming attendance at Southeast Linuxfest, AI in rental cars, and various smart home technologies.

This week Noah and Steve talk about why they'll be at Southeast Linuxfest. Noah introduces everyone to the Ai embedded in his rental car, and the boys finally find a Z-Wave thermostat! -- During The Show -- 00:50 Intro When AI can be good Conversing with AI Varying AI model quality Creativity and AI Prompt engineering Write into the show about AI Accelerator for people already have a base skill 10:00 SELF and Picking Conferences Self is this Weekend Please come to SELF Really use help Wednesday New Venue Why go to SELF Conference size Watch for the ANS meetup 15:55 Door bells - Ziggy Steve would run Ethernet Why WiFi cameras are bad ReoLink Support 22:15 Thermostats - Tim RadioThermostat CT50 Honeywell T6 Pro Z-Wave Programmable Thermostat (Model TH6320ZW2007) 25:30 UL Listed UL, ETL, CE certification European way of doing things UL508A Gosund Wo1 Tuya smart outlet 30:00 AI in Cars AI built into rental Noah's AI experience AI Audio clips AI engages with you Safety concerns Possibility of latent functionality 40:20 Age Verification California's Digital Age Assurance Act Open Source getting a pass in CA and CO Privacy trade offs Pattern of freedom and contraction ItsFoss 48:00…

People in this episode

Host: Noah Chelliah

Guest: Steve

Topics covered

• AI in cars
• Southeast Linuxfest
• Z-Wave thermostat
• Age verification
• OpenAI IPO
• Privacy trade offs

Keywords

• AI
• Southeast Linuxfest
• Z-Wave
• thermostat
• OpenAI
• privacy
• self conference
• smart home

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California's Digital Age Assurance Act, OpenAI, ItsFoss, CNBC

Products: Z-Wave Programmable Thermostat (Model TH6320ZW2007), Honeywell T6 Pro, RadioThermostat CT50, Gosund Wo1 Tuya smart outlet

Places: Southeast Linuxfest

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