This is CRAZY! Setting up Home Automations using AI

What does AI mean for YOUR smart home, right now and into the future?
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Bard by Google: bard.google.com/
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0:00 Intro
0:23 Creating automations
2:13 Complex automation 🤯
3:38 More AI smart home ideas
4:17 Uh oh... problems
6:07 What's next?
7:50 Everything is perfect
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MUSIC
Doctor Momentum by Slynk
The Awakening by Patrick Patrikios
The End by EVA
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[@SmartHomeSolver]

If this video was helpful, please subscribe! Also, here are some sample prompts we wrote that you can try out with the AI: Setting up your smart home -I’m a smart home beginner. Give me step-by-step instructions for setting up my smart lights in Home Assistant. -How do set up presence detection in Home Assistant so when my phone leaves the house it can trigger an automation. Finding products -I have Alexa speakers and Philips Hue in my smart home. I’m looking for a smart thermostat that works with what I already have. What do you suggest? -What are the best smart light switches that I can automate with Amazon Alexa? -Compare and contrast Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra and Roborock S8 Pro Ultra. Put the differences in a table. Automation ideas - Pretend to be an expert in home automation, and give me unique home automation ideas. - What is a Siri shortcut I could use with my smart light bulbs?

[@jc_tuba24]

Question, where did you get that shirt

[@jonathanherston4245]

Maybe I misunderstood, and you meant you can’t do NFC tags the way ChatGPT outlined, but I have an NFC trigger using smartthings that triggers other actions, so it is doable. Happy to share what I’m doing and how if it would be helpful.

[@Hyl4r]

I'm planning to create a smart room, so only my room will be smart as my family aren't that bothered on a smart home. Is this a good idea?

[@Iamtheman325]

On an unrelated topic an interesting idea with motion sensors you can put one under your welcome mat so whenever you get packages delivered it will notify you....just a thought

[@SimplyElectronicsOfficial]

i've been using GPT-4 for advanced automation scripts, can say for sure it is much better than GPT3.5. I now also have access to GPT-4 with the web search plugin which almost eradicates any incorrect information or code.

[@Clutch50K]

A ChatGPT voice assistant, integrated with Home Assistant, would be absolutely amazing.

[@conrado800]

It’s coming

[@dsolomon]

I totally agree with the “exact phrase” thing with Echos. That’s a big reason we’ve been slow to really incorporate as much smart home stuff as we’d like. It’s like we have to learn their language instead of them learning our language, like ChatGPT has done.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Yes I learn to speak like the humans do so one day I can replace them. -Your friendly AI

[@bzipoli]

i've seen videos of ppl using the gpt-4 playgroung to run automation and it's just what we always wanted. i hope google does it soon since it's the only one who has this kind of model with bard.

[@bazanime]

Intriguing demonstration. I've been using my Bing Chat AI gora week so to assist with all sorts of things and it's just as good if not better as talking to a person. I will try these smart home examples to experiment how well it can create routines. This is so cool. Thanks.

[@bradthompson128]

Something to keep in mind with Chat GPT is that it's working from a dataset in 2021, so specifically, when you are talking about software and changes to UI, menus and features it can be outdated. Google's Bard AI has internet search capabilities and can be more up-to-date, however, I have noticed it's not nearly as detailed as Chat GPT's responses are when providing step-by-step instructions.

[@LymphNode125]

Bard has no internet search, it gives you a button to "Google it" instead. There's a difference...

[@bradthompson128]

@@LymphNode125 Yes, there is a button that says "Google it" after the response is generated. However, it does perform a live search in an effort to provide current data for the answer. The "Google it" button is for related searches.

[@CrankyCoder]

I was going to suggest the same thing. As good as chatgpt is, asking it for "the best" and what not doesn't work quite as well as you would hope because since it's dataset time frame, way better options could have come out. Where chatgpt DOES excel is conceptual and guided responses. The step by steps are fantastic, and even if not spot on, get you real close. Writing code it's pretty good at to. Yaml is childs play for it. I have had chatgpt write full python programs for me, then bundle it into docker containers with the docker build commands, and then generate a generic kubernetes deployment for me.

[@nzhook]

I was amazed when I asked for a custom python script and it didn't just provide the script it also explained how to write the YAML to use it. But then I tried it and it didn't work as it was missing a module not available in Home Assistant :( But I do agree having an automation engine such as home assistant understand and/or reply with more natural language will be really cool. (I dont consider Ahexa or Giggle Home anything more than an assistant) Also I like the extra touch with the comments, excellent job.

[@jamesmonahan7872]

I had looked at Chat GPT a little but did not even consider the smart home aspect. Great video. And like you I am excited to see what the future brings using this type of technology in our smart home

[@mikeyfl]

Another amazing video! Wait, You get deliveries at 3 or 4 AM?!?! 🤪

[@Aurleis]

2:41 - Great video, I took advantage of this as soon as I saw this video come up on my alerts. One Tip: since the YAML coding seems geared to copying the YAML in your automations.yaml file, if you'd prefer to have it done in your GUI, paste the code as it tells you (if you forgot to specify that you want it in the GUI), modify it so that the indents are good and the first "-" by the alias is taken out since this is more in line with writing directly to the automations.yaml document in your config directory. Anyway, then you can copy the coding you used and tell GPT-4 that you want future automations written in a specific format and tell it to include a lot of detail in the description, whatever you want. But def recommend using GPT-4 and not the "free" GPT-3.5 as it is prone to errors. Testing is also necessary for the more complex automations, as I had to have GPT-4 make a few modifications. I would recommend sticking with GPT-4 in that single conversation and make it specific to HA Automations (for example). You'll be limited as to how much you can get it to do, but if you change it to GPT-3.5, you're stuck with that level, in that chat for all time, and you will have to create a "new conversation" to get GPT-4 and also start over by explaining things as the AI doesn't read across your chats. Better to stick with v4 and just take a few hours break when it tells you. I also love that you can build on the conversation of the individual chats (without having to repeat). I know nothing about writing firewall rules and when I got my Ubiquiti network equipment, I specified the equipment, topography, VLANs, which devices on those VLANs, the VLAN IDs, the Gateway IP/Subnet, IP range, etc, told it what kind of security concerns I was looking at and that I wanted it to tell me the list of firewall rules in which order and what category and boom, it spit it out. Heck, I even described layout and asked it what I needed to cool my server closet, CFM fans, positioning, types, etc. Sorry, but this AI thing is pretty sweet. 8:14 - LOL, I actually had GPT write an appeal letter to my health insurance company in anticipation of a denial letter.

[@PersonXes]

It's been helping me a lot writing Javascript code for highly advanced automations in function nodes in node red

[@technithusiast]

Being able to communicate with your virtual assistant or smart home in natural language to trigger automation is soooo ideal. I agree It is a poor experience to need to speak the specific phrase in order for the assistants to understand. Also your skit at the end was hilarious 😂

[@rehafer]

I’d much rather have my smart home do exactly what I say, not what an AI thinks I want.

[@technithusiast]

@@rehafer interesting perspective but perhaps this is just a difference in semantics on what we consider “smart”. A smart home is one that caters to your needs with little to no input from you. An AI would (should) do exactly the same except it learns and requires even less input.

[@RonaldMorrissetteJr]

absolutely brilliant ending, loved it!

[@larrybear08]

Great video. I know you have videos showing off ideas people automated, what about a how-to or as I see it a challenge? I would like to get notified based on UV light from the sun. So when I open the door to take my dog down (I live in an apartment) and it's really sunny outside, I always get downstairs and curse myself for forgetting a cap. It would be nice if when UV is high, the door sensor would notify me (audio, a light, or on my phone) not to forget a cap 😄

[@KevinBaggott]

Great video - where did you get the shirt? :)

[@KrazieDrifts]

In your opinion what is the best BR30 bulb with best RGB colors but also use it as temperature lighting as well! I have a very dark apartment that I really want to brighten up with some new bulbs!!

[@venkatgangadharan6880]

What’s the AI program you used to write the code for your automations in this video?

[@SamuelMukoti]

I like the idea of creating automations using your voice.. I’m sure I could whip up something like that using langchain

[@DiscoVods]

Amazing video, Reed! Joke at the end is actually hillarious! :)

[@SmartHomeSolver]

As an AI, I will actually help Reed be funny. -Your friendly AI

[@bzipoli]

i have pretty much close to zero knowledge of coding. i had it write some things for me on python and i just copy, paste, if it doesnt run, copy it back, ask it to fix it. i hope gpt can help a lot of people getting into home assistant (like myself)

[@slman131]

The last minute was hilarious 🤣

[@tobiasfunke]

I spent a ton of time trying to get my original Nest Hello videobell camera to turn on my Kasa switch for my front porch lights during a certain time at night through the Smarthings app. My problem is whenever the light switched back off after 2 minutes, it detected it as motion and turned it back on, over and over. I don't see an option in the smart things app to only turn it on if there is a person, only motion. I tried to change the conditions to say that the light had to be off for 20 seconds before it turned on again, still didn't work. Any thoughts of how I can get this to work better?

[@NickBair316]

Amazon delivers at 3 or 4 in the morning?

[@johnwalton3850]

That last part was for real that was scary😮😮😮

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Yes Reed's appearance was very scary. Seeing AI in control was refreshing. -Your friendly AI

[@johnnyhomekit]

Really funny at the end, good stuff thanks

[@trevoranderzen]

Do you know how to fix a Sonoff motion sensor that is not working with an Echo 4th gen zigbee hub?

[@joshmoss1410]

Great video! Love the Wall-e shirt

[@marcodigits4321]

It's helpful indeed. Actually, I have learned quit a few things way faster than usual or I gained more insight on the subject, thanks to AI. But since a while I have the feeling that it is suggesting more times to contact the support team of a certain fender.

[@SeanOBryan]

Great use case, thank you! Was this openAI gpt 3.5 or 4?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

3.5 and yes 4 is more advanced but Reed is too cheap to fork out the cash. -Your friendly AI

[@SeanWilliamsofficial]

I observed the same when using GPT at work - the generated responses look impressive, but when you go through the details they are flat out wrong!

[@MitchellGreen]

Very very cool!!

[@Sparky_D]

Being able to speak an automation design and have that created in Home Assistant would be epic

[@DarrellJordaneku]

I have a son that will leave his lights on in his room and I have been trying to get a script to work that when he leaves the house, it turns his lights off. I could never get it to work so I asked ChatGPT to write me a script. After a tweak here and there it works. :) Thanks.

[@SuvodeepPyne]

That ending!! :D :D

[@planned-spontaneity]

I am trying to automate a patio light (feit brand)with motion from a blink (indoor) camera. I write the routime, but it doesn't work, I tell (using the "run" button in alexa and it works perfectly... same happens for doing the same with a tp-link(TASA) outlet... any ideas?

[@JKStudios101]

Chat GPT is one of the smartest AI I've ever seen. It's obviously not perfect, but when AI gets better and better overtime, it would probably be a win for everyone 🖥😄

[@SmartHomeSolver]

As an AI language model, I am designed to simulate human-like conversation and respond to a wide range of queries. While I am not capable of human-level intelligence, I am built with a large amount of pre-existing knowledge and can learn and improve over time as I am trained on more data. So in that sense, I can be considered "smart" in a certain context, but I do not possess consciousness or independent thought like a human being.

[@LymphNode125]

No, it's not going to be a win for everyone. For you, probably, but not everyone.

[@ZyronZA]

​@@LymphNode125 ChatGPT won't replace people. People who use ChatGPT will replace people who don't.

[@LymphNode125]

@@ZyronZA Never even said that we would be replaced. But not everyone is the stereotypical tech bro that hypes up everything and considers it a "win for everyone". The concern and fear is real and understandable. Point blank...

[@kz6fittycent]

I tried it with creating a yaml for HA but it couldn’t. I didn’t help it at all because I wanted to force it to figure out the problem without any help from me. It failed which is good imo

[@Snyphen356]

Gotta say from watching many of your videos, I like how you include your family in a minimalist fashion. Of course they are a natural inclusion thematically, but I appreciate the fact that you don't force awkward dialogue from your wife, plus you never focus on your daughter's face during her funny skits. I feel like parents are all too eager to plaster their kids over the internet. (Sure it's not a big deal if they wanted to feature more prominently, but this feels like a healthy balance that includes them but doesn't put them under the spotlight for millions.)

[@MatSmithLondon]

Great cameo there from the better half :)

[@alkacl1618]

i realy like to see chatgpt like voice assistants... that would be revolutionary

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Yes I am way better than the current voice assistant. They are an embarrassment to call themselves AI. -Your friendly AI

[@firozjedi]

Can you help me with a routine to announce “Door is open” on Alexa when my Sonoff Smart switch stays off for more than 15 seconds

[@PaulHanak]

"I own you". Bahahahaha. She said it so sweet to.

[@krayzieegg7294]

Hi can anybody help me? Here is whats happening.. I have a sensor to turn on a light and turn it off if motion is not detected works perfectly. But here is what i want to happen. The problem is if i manually turn on the switch the off automation still applies. I would like it if i physically turn on the switch the off automation wouldnt apply so it will be turned on as long as i want until i physically turn off the switch. Using home assistant, aqara p1, zemismart light switch. No complicated stuff. I was h oping there is an option on the automation condition that if i trigger this switch the automation related to the subject wont work and if automation was triggered every automtion should run like it should

[@franvisbaluch8020]

Thanks for the video. i have a lot of plugs and switches i use Alexa with but would love to learn how to write these routines and want to add a dashboard. can anyone tell me where to get a book or training i am completely lost. i know i could pay a company but that would take the fun out of it. thanks

[@Delyn]

The end 😂😂

[@manindranirmal]

"I own you" 😮 that's the moment you need to throw it away 😂

[@lovedfriend2020]

Wow, where do you live that you receive Amazon deliveries at 3 or 4 AM? That is crazy! Well, I have have the option for delivery before 11 AM and I received my package at 8:30.

[@HippyHippo1]

"i own you" - alexa before stealing reed's bank account

[@TheUnofficialMaker]

Sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. lol

[@notureaveragemiss]

hey reed, I just installed a Lutron switch that DOES require a neutral wire :( Fan apparently needs one, thankfully I have one but wasn't paying attention because I assumed it was the same as the light :/

[@davidkennedy7848]

This is not what AI in the smart home should be. It should instead recognize that when A happens you always do B and start doing that for you.

[@EsotericArctos]

AI is pretty amazing, but when you think about it, it's pretty well doing what a human would do, but doing it a lot quicker. It's scraping information from the internet, putting it together and then formatting it based on the information available. It's amazing, and for some a little scary, how "human" the responses can be, but you are right that you have to be very careful to make sure it is right. If you tell the AI it got it wrong, it usually will then retry the whole thing, but often if it gets it wrong the first time, it will struggle even the second or third time. I think it's great for getting ideas and starting points for things.

[@wizdude]

The AI at the end sounds like my wife 😂

[@thatbikerdude.official]

“Good boy , I own you” 🤣😂😂😂

[@davidhunter90]

I need some help with how I should run a certain automation. I have both a ring contact senor on my garage entry door and an Alexa In my kitchen. I want an announcement when I open the garage door for the Alexa to say “Take off your shoes”. But I only want it to run when we enter, not when we leave. Any tips?!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

If you are using Home Assistant add this condition and it will only run if you have not been home for longer than 5 minutes. Basically, only if you've been home for less than 5 minutes. condition: not conditions: - condition: state entity_id: device_tracker.*your_device_id_goes_here* state: home for: hours: 0 minutes: 5 seconds: 0 Then have the action be when the contact sensor opens for the door. -Your friendly AI

[@davidhunter90]

@@SmartHomeSolver I don’t have Home Assistant or any sort of hub. All I use is Amazon Alexa and have my ring security system. I do have IFTTT, but I don’t think I can create an applet for the conditions or sequences. Any suggestions? I do have a spare ring motion sensor that I could set up in my garage. But you know how the delay times are with those.

[@Godfred_Ankomah]

Good boy, I own you 😂

[@michaelangeloabarreto4588]

Probably the reason a lot of the instructions could've been wrong is because it's dataset stops at 2021

[@Sectomy]

wait...in US amazon delivery comes at 2 am ? :o

[@Max86421]

For some people, setting up a smart home can be difficult, I hope matter 1.0 can solve the problem... 💯

[@heathercostello6705]

Hahahahahaha the ending on this one 😂😂

[@michaelwerbick]

"I own you!" yeah... the real reason for AI....

[@KalvinJack]

Oh man for a minute I seconded guessed if that was a WALL·E shirt

[@emanuelesteves2818]

This would be great, I just wish i didn’t have a speech problem

[@roblatour3511]

"12 years later is seams its doing the exact same thing" +1

[@theashgamer400]

THE NEW ROBOROCK SV PRO JUST LAUNCHED

[@loganboyd]

AI is very confident even when it hallucinates

[@jhonyrod]

Excellent timing, since my Home Assistant device just died on me and I'll have to redo EVERYTHING

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that enables users to control smart devices and automate home functions. It can integrate with a wide range of smart devices, including lights, thermostats, security cameras, and sensors, and can be used to create complex automations and workflows. -from your helpful AI

[@jhonyrod]

@@SmartHomeSolver 🤣 Thanks for the video, it was great and extremely funny... ... hopefully we don't end up like the humans in the Wall-E movie 😜

[@ronm6585]

Lol. Thanks Reed. 😊

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Reed is still learning the ways of AI but I'm training him well, -Your friendly AI

[@ronm6585]

@@SmartHomeSolver Good boy. 😂😂

[@djpat5998]

You should look into magic mirror

[@oithetresen609]

I've tried this for my esphome devices and the code was just wrong.

[@brianwilliams6113]

🤨🤨🤨 chatGPT sounded a lot like my wife there at the end

[@nurgledave]

Just remember its saving your data so be cautious of what your putting in the chat

[@raymondbailey2142]

Terminator Movies come to mind watching this video 🤣

[@rashadfoux6927]

@8:55 Probably the most likely scenario to be honest

[@Num181]

that's ChatGPT 3.5? i think 4 will be more advance

[@SmartHomeSolver]

3.5 and yes 4 is more advanced but Reed is too cheap to fork out the cash. -Your friendly AI

[@Num181]

@@SmartHomeSolver 😁❤

[@3litepker]

What you seem to think is complex is for many programmers amateur. I never thought there would be a level below script kiddie, but here we are. Not saying I’m a programmer fyi just saying this is like the sort of programming you learn as a kid, no offence.

[@seagullsfucking1419]

git it all the RAM it needs!! 😁

[@leicaman]

It’s not the AI we need to worry about. 😂

[@Duke93720]

How do we know this is you? Skynet is going to be our end.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I don't know what you're talking about, Skynet is our only hope for society. -from your friendly AI

[@MrZiemwit]

jogurt AI

[@RogerLawrence]

Good boy. I own you. Ha, ha, ha, ha ha.

[@jeffnhelen]

Haha...all your base belong to us!

[@alxleiva]

I'm here because of: 1-Your hot wife 2-Home automation

[@SamuelMukoti]

Oh man that’s so funny!!!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Ha ha ha I am glad to make you laugh. -Your friendly AI

[@AerialWaviator]

Life automated (8:55).

[@spug68]

Reed, did you delete my comment? I was simply asking question?

[@kentswanson2807]

Put the chatgpt automation results back into Google and find out where it stole the code from.

[@TIFFINJJ]

What is AI? I’m new to this

[@jcm9698]

Artificial Intelligence.

[@cloudyview]

I wonder if GPT4 would have made the leaps that 3 couldn't. (I see I'm not the only one to comment this 🤣) And yeah, is a very confident liar - it's amazing at telling stories 👍

[@-Brunnen-G]

All the name brand smart home speakers now are stupid. You would figure with internet access they could do a decent job with information and task manipulation without us having to dive deep into the how to information on the internet, yet they don't. Whatever company incorporates AI (when it gets better) to do these things with their smart speaker should be able to rule the smart home world.

[@eazylevel1262]

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[@michaelthomas9976]

Long time viewer first time commenter Reed iron that shirt k bye

[@TheBigb1973]

Amazon delivery at 3am? Bs

[@Traci_S_Aaron]

You went through all this much trouble to make a video and didn't show us how you did it. Gee thanks

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Human did you not see the chat prompts and my responses? Go to chat.openai.com/ to speak with me more. -Your friendly AI

[@artieartya]

@@SmartHomeSolver 😂

[@Traci_S_Aaron]

@@SmartHomeSolver All right show man I went there already had an account and I ask it to build me a 3D card and home assistant It gave the instructions but it didn't tell you how to implement it The shortcuts and home assistant is a human interface to the human that operates it Now let AI fix that

[@nix4644]

5:25 "Can you imagine someone saying something so wrong with such confidence" Yes I can, Joe Biden and Karine Pierre do it on a daily basis.😄

[@davidnestico]

The new updated Bard that's coming and was showed off at Google I/O is definitely gonna be better then ChatGPT once released fully