[ExI] ai doorbell

[Darin Sunley]

Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1425/

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 4:11 PM Henry Rivera via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I have one of these:
> https://energizerconnect.com/product/smart-1080p-video-doorbell/
> It is powered by the hardwire to the door bell. I can see, hear, record,
> and talk to [or avoid] the person at the door from my phone or tablet in
> 1080p video resolution. Someone with access to that api could make what you
> describe I imagine. We just need some open source projects that access this
> type of hardware, which is becoming more available, to get the ball
> rolling. -Henry
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 1:44 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> Hey cool, I had an idea today so cool, some yahoo probably already stole
>> it before I thought of it, a reprehensible kidnapper of notions before the
>> ideas are even born is she or he, deplorable, without conscience!
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>> OK the idea: most of us have seen those doorbells which take a digital
>> image and text it to the homeowner.  We could go beyond that.  There is a
>> hard wire between the traditional old doorbell and the ringer unit inside,
>> so the old time doorbells are just a switch.  But we don’t need that hard
>> wire now, because we have Bluetooth, and we can power an inside ringer unit
>> by other means if we wish.
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>> OK so now… the outside doorbell already has a niche cut out for it and a
>> power source already in place, so this wouldn’t even be difficult.  We
>> create a doorbell switch with one of those cell phone cameras.  Some prole
>> pushes the button, the camera takes a photo, sends it to your phone the way
>> the current bell-cams do, but this one is better: it would have an AI of
>> some sort which does image recognition.  It would recognize the Jehovah’s
>> Witnesses for instance and not ring the indoor bell unit, but would have a
>> soft ding dong that plays outside in such a way that makes them think your
>> inside bell did ring.  This way it doesn’t break your concentration as you
>> view your… well, whatever it is you were viewing, none of my business.
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>> We could have it warn the neighbors via text message that the Witnesses
>> are coming, don’t answer the door, that sorta thing.  We could train it to
>> work on sales people (fortunately those seem to have gone away with the
>> shutdown.)  Perhaps a good AI person could train it to make exceptions if
>> the sales person is three-alarm schmoking hot, override the filter.
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>> If we were to get hot with the image recognition, we could have it figure
>> out if the person at the door is a neighbor, and if so, have it send a
>> talking text to your phone reminding you of the neighbor’s name.  This
>> would allow a prole to appear more friendly and personable than I actually
>> am, so I need to ponder if that is a desirable outcome, but I suppose it is
>> to some extent.
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>> spike
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