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However, I just like buttons as we've invited Rachel Plotnik on to talk buttons. I confess like I just like to hit the button. However, at this point, one of my garage door openers, like the button is not always working. It's finicky. So I have to launch the app sometimes to open it. And I'm like, I should get that wired up so I can just say, open South Garage. Haven't done it.

However, I just like buttons as we've invited Rachel Plotnik on to talk buttons. I confess like I just like to hit the button. However, at this point, one of my garage door openers, like the button is not always working. It's finicky. So I have to launch the app sometimes to open it. And I'm like, I should get that wired up so I can just say, open South Garage. Haven't done it.

Especially when you have a kid talking while you're talking or something, that's usually what happens.

Especially when you have a kid talking while you're talking or something, that's usually what happens.

Sure.

Sure.

It's not even AI. It's just like, yeah, well, I mean, there's some voice to text going on back there, but that's longstanding technology. One last point on this, and then we should move on. You gave some dad advice earlier. Here's some kid advice on the topic of talking to Siri in the car.

It's not even AI. It's just like, yeah, well, I mean, there's some voice to text going on back there, but that's longstanding technology. One last point on this, and then we should move on. You gave some dad advice earlier. Here's some kid advice on the topic of talking to Siri in the car.

So if you're riding in the back of your car and there's a CarPlay enabled or your parents just happen to be talking to their phone maybe directly, And they are texting their significant other via voice.

So if you're riding in the back of your car and there's a CarPlay enabled or your parents just happen to be talking to their phone maybe directly, And they are texting their significant other via voice.

A good kid move, if you want to have a little bit of fun with your parents, is right when your mom or dad stops their message, just throw some non sequiturs in, you know, just like add a random word, something that won't make any sense. And that sucker will send off right alongside the rest of it. That's right. And, you know, you get a good laugh going.

A good kid move, if you want to have a little bit of fun with your parents, is right when your mom or dad stops their message, just throw some non sequiturs in, you know, just like add a random word, something that won't make any sense. And that sucker will send off right alongside the rest of it. That's right. And, you know, you get a good laugh going.

And if your parents aren't too angry with you.

And if your parents aren't too angry with you.

All right, well, we're talking warts. I thought this was a fun story, as I like to pick on autonomous vehicles. I'm actually pretty intrigued and impressed by what Waymo has been able to do. However, warts and all, man, warts and all. So this is a story from TechCrunch. We talked to the guy who was stuck in a Waymo RoboTaxi on a dizzying loop.

All right, well, we're talking warts. I thought this was a fun story, as I like to pick on autonomous vehicles. I'm actually pretty intrigued and impressed by what Waymo has been able to do. However, warts and all, man, warts and all. So this is a story from TechCrunch. We talked to the guy who was stuck in a Waymo RoboTaxi on a dizzying loop.

Now, I may have mentioned this to you offhand as we were talking at some point. Of course, I told you the story about them honking at each other in the parking lot all night long. This is a new one a month ago. This story comes from January 8th of 25th. A month ago, a video circulated around social media of a Waymo Robotaxi stuck in a roundabout loop.

Now, I may have mentioned this to you offhand as we were talking at some point. Of course, I told you the story about them honking at each other in the parking lot all night long. This is a new one a month ago. This story comes from January 8th of 25th. A month ago, a video circulated around social media of a Waymo Robotaxi stuck in a roundabout loop.

An isolated incident with no passengers in the vehicle. According to Waymo, apparently it wasn't a one-time thing. Around the same time, in another Waymo Robotaxi headed for the Phoenix airport, Mike Johns, founder and CEO of AI consultancy Digital Mindstate, also found himself circling a parking lot Unable to stop the car or get out, the videos were posted within a couple of days of each other.

An isolated incident with no passengers in the vehicle. According to Waymo, apparently it wasn't a one-time thing. Around the same time, in another Waymo Robotaxi headed for the Phoenix airport, Mike Johns, founder and CEO of AI consultancy Digital Mindstate, also found himself circling a parking lot Unable to stop the car or get out, the videos were posted within a couple of days of each other.