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  1. I promise a cat is coming up later in this story.

    Me: Hey, Google, lights.

    Google: Playing lights on YouTube.

    Me: Bloody idiot! I wanted the lights turned on.

    [Later.]

    Me: Hey, Google, set a time for ten minutes.

    Google: [....]

    Me: Hey, Google, set a time for ten minutes.

    Google: [....]

    Me: :headache:

    [Later.]

    Me: Go around! Don't walk on my laptop.

    Maddox: Meow. [Walks right on my laptop.]

    [Later.]

    Me: [Holding up the cat bed.] "Look! I have a bed for you!"

    Maddox: Meow. [Looks at me from the floor, puzzled.]

    Me: :headache:

    Conclusion: I think Google modeled their AI after cats. That's the only plausible explanation as to why getting the Google devices around my apartment to behave feels like herding cats.

    :hide_the_pain_harold:

    #Google #GoogleDevices #cats #CatsOfMastodon #AI #HerdingCats

  2. I promise a cat is coming up later in this story.

    Me: Hey, Google, lights.

    Google: Playing lights on YouTube.

    Me: Bloody idiot! I wanted the lights turned on.

    [Later.]

    Me: Hey, Google, set a timer for ten minutes.

    Google: [....]

    Me: Hey, Google, set a timer for ten minutes.

    Google: [....]

    Me: :headache:

    [Later.]

    Me: Go around! Don't walk on my laptop.

    Maddox: Meow. [Walks right on my laptop.]

    [Later.]

    Me: [Holding up the cat bed.] "Look! I have a bed for you!"

    Maddox: Meow. [Looks at me from the floor, puzzled.]

    Me: :headache:

    Conclusion: I think Google modeled their AI after cats. That's the only plausible explanation as to why getting the Google devices around my apartment to behave feels like herding cats.

    :hide_the_pain_harold:

    #Google #GoogleDevices #cats #CatsOfMastodon #AI #HerdingCats

  3. @Baggypants
    In a previous life.
    Part of the #job.
    In addition to sightseeing, wine tasting, tapa bar hopping, walking around ruins...
    Basically babysitting tourists.
    It's like #HerdingCats, as they say. 😅

    In this life I #StayHome, go to the mall, or ride my #bike. 😉

    #work #iLoveMyJob #AllInADaysWork