u/mulcahey

I ride the train a lot and I often encounter rude people blasting (usually bad) music from a Bluetooth speaker. It happened again just yesterday, with a guy who also had a massive dog that he didn't seem to be in control of. The typical advice is to *not* confront these people, because they're hoping to start a fight. But I really wish there was a way I could shut down that speaker.

Maybe Bluetooth speakers could have a community override feature, where if enough individual devices try to connect to it, it will relent and let someone else takeover. Basically, if you piss off enough people (like, say, a train car) then you have to pass the (digital) aux cord.

Obviously, you shouldn't do this for other Bluetooth devices, for security reasons. But speakers are kinda unique in that they don't have many security implications, and when used incorrectly they piss off almost everyone equally. I know manufacturers won't build this willingly, but I wish they would.

I'm in the early stages of designing my ideal personal tech stack, one that protects my privacy. I'd love to get the input of this community. Could this work?

1. I record voice notes on my phone.
2. The notes are synced to my home server via SyncThing. (I already do this.)
3. On my server, a locally-running open-source AI (maybe Whisper?) transcribes the notes and then (the same or perhaps a second AI) takes action based on that transcription. Actions could be anything from "Set a reminder in my calendar" or "Add this to my notes"

What I'm trying to avoid here:

• Proprietary apps and AI
• Any AI that trains on my data and feeds it back home

Would this setup accomplish my goals? Has anyone here built something similar?

Nick Bostrom, one of the most prominent advocates of Sim Theory, has a lot of thoughts on the moral rights of artificial minds. He gets into it at the 35:20 mark in this interview but I thought the whole thing was kinda cool