NeverDie
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Anyone here looked into using Tensorflow, or perhaps something like it, to augment their home automation?
https://www.tensorflow.org/
https://www.tensorflow.org/
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linuxha
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I'm trying to make heads or tails of this new fangled technology (AI, ML, MI (yeah it different) and everything else). I'm pretty much overwhelmed with it all. Though playing (work) with SDN and Agile seem to be doing more damage to my mind than everything else.
One thing I think I know is that Alexa and Google Home are not about AI/ML for the developer. That's Voice Apps and those are here to stay. I think tensor is a different AI or ML product than some of the other product being offer and the level of knowledge to use them differs. I hope someone else has something more to offer. I'm just grasping here so far.
One thing I think I know is that Alexa and Google Home are not about AI/ML for the developer. That's Voice Apps and those are here to stay. I think tensor is a different AI or ML product than some of the other product being offer and the level of knowledge to use them differs. I hope someone else has something more to offer. I'm just grasping here so far.
NeverDie
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I'm still wondering what kind of technology Google bought for so much money when they purchased Nest. It was some kind of learning software, but what exactly? And will we be seeing more of it in the home automation arena, or did Google re-purpose it for something else, like their search engine?
@linuxha By the way, I have Node Red and Mosquitto working now. I hope to use it rather simply to permanently log all sensor and actuator data into an influx database. So, maybe that could be the start of a dataset for this learning software to learn something about. Regardless, folks are telling me that grafana is a good graphing package to use with influx, so I'll be looking into that before long also.
Meanwhile (and totally off topic), I just today received a CNC machine kit for etching PCB's, so I'll be putting that together shortly. Supposedly it can isolation mill down to 6 mil, which I'll be impressed with if it proves out. Cost me less than $200 from China, including 3 day FedEx shipping. What a wonderful world we live in.
@linuxha By the way, I have Node Red and Mosquitto working now. I hope to use it rather simply to permanently log all sensor and actuator data into an influx database. So, maybe that could be the start of a dataset for this learning software to learn something about. Regardless, folks are telling me that grafana is a good graphing package to use with influx, so I'll be looking into that before long also.
Meanwhile (and totally off topic), I just today received a CNC machine kit for etching PCB's, so I'll be putting that together shortly. Supposedly it can isolation mill down to 6 mil, which I'll be impressed with if it proves out. Cost me less than $200 from China, including 3 day FedEx shipping. What a wonderful world we live in.
TensorFlow is great for classification and image recognition. It can also be used for AI algorithms that would try to find patterns in a trove of data. You do need a "trove of data" to make any use of it, or you could use the standard data sets available in the cloud, like pictures of objects or creatures. Uploading the learning set to tensorflow can be challenging. I am waiting for Amazon WS-enabled camera to become available for this application. I have a project in mind - to catch my dog when he is misbehaving, recognize what he is doing and say "NO" through the speakers in the respective location, and then follow up with "good boy" if he stops 
