&gt; I don&#x27;t agree. There are plenty of things in my life that could be hooked up to some online AI to make them smarter.<p>But &quot;online AI&quot; is just a code-word for &quot;some company, probably the manufacturer, that owns the IP rights&quot;.  I don&#x27;t want my household stuff to phone home and report all my actions to Some Company.  I think that, for instance, my sandwich toaster thingy should <i>toast sandwiches</i> without reporting the weight or density of them.<p>&gt;more data is fun.<p>More data is <i>not</i> fun.  More data is <i>Big Brother</i>, particularly when the device itself has a closed-source hardware design, closed-source firmware, closed-source software, and a closed-off &quot;shiny&quot; user interface.  More programmability with <i>less</i> phoning home is fun.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;In_the_Beginning..._Was_the_Command_Line" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;In_the_Beginning..._Was_the_Co...</a>