More work on getting quality right for Event Scheduling AI Agent (Roombas)

Build in Public · Jan 22 · Episode 28
all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my build and public log it’s January 18th build and public log it’s January 18th build and public log it’s January 18th 2025 um 2025 um 2025 um not not a lot to say for this update not not a lot to say for this update not not a lot to say for this update this is going to be a short one um I this is going to be a short one um I this is going to be a short one um I don’t have anything much more to show um don’t have anything much more to show um don’t have anything much more to show um so I was having a debate with someone so I was having a debate with someone so I was having a debate with someone earlier about what exactly is AI what earlier about what exactly is AI what earlier about what exactly is AI what exactly um is a robot uh what is even a exactly um is a robot uh what is even a exactly um is a robot uh what is even a robot what is even a computer um and the robot what is even a computer um and the robot what is even a computer um and the debate was around you know the the debate was around you know the the debate was around you know the the little household vacuum cleaners like little household vacuum cleaners like little household vacuum cleaners like arba it was kind of the first I think arba it was kind of the first I think arba it was kind of the first I think first big one to the market now there’s first big one to the market now there’s first big one to the market now there’s many of these little little self um many of these little little self um many of these little little self um vacuum cleaner vacuum cleaner vacuum cleaner things uh they were saying Ah that’s not things uh they were saying Ah that’s not things uh they were saying Ah that’s not AI that that that thing is just a AI that that that thing is just a AI that that that thing is just a dumb that’s not even a robot that’s just dumb that’s not even a robot that’s just dumb that’s not even a robot that’s just like a computer that roams around like a computer that roams around like a computer that roams around interesting interesting distin interesting interesting distin interesting interesting distin um I guess I don’t know so yeah I mean what is ai ai is a pretty so yeah I mean what is ai ai is a pretty so yeah I mean what is ai ai is a pretty overloaded term these days especially overloaded term these days especially overloaded term these days especially um is just a large language model uh an um is just a large language model uh an um is just a large language model uh an AI is machine learning AI um a large AI is machine learning AI um a large AI is machine learning AI um a large language language language model isn’t that just kind of model isn’t that just kind of model isn’t that just kind of technically machine learning so I don’t technically machine learning so I don’t technically machine learning so I don’t know interesting um know interesting um know interesting um interesting to to talk to somebody not interesting to to talk to somebody not interesting to to talk to somebody not in Tech somebody who’s not like uh uh on in Tech somebody who’s not like uh uh on in Tech somebody who’s not like uh uh on the bleeding edge of AI stuff the bleeding edge of AI stuff the bleeding edge of AI stuff interesting to hear someone say that um interesting to hear someone say that um interesting to hear someone say that um from that point of view but uh yeah I from that point of view but uh yeah I from that point of view but uh yeah I remember the first time uh my family got remember the first time uh my family got remember the first time uh my family got one of those things I think I got it for one of those things I think I got it for one of those things I think I got it for my mom for like Christmas or something my mom for like Christmas or something my mom for like Christmas or something like this and uh you know I was blown like this and uh you know I was blown like this and uh you know I was blown away this was this quite a while ago away this was this quite a while ago away this was this quite a while ago probably I don’t even know when the probably I don’t even know when the probably I don’t even know when the first one came out maybe like uh 15 15 first one came out maybe like uh 15 15 first one came out maybe like uh 15 15 years ago or something like this I don’t years ago or something like this I don’t years ago or something like this I don’t know a long time ago it was like one of know a long time ago it was like one of know a long time ago it was like one of the early early ones you know it really the early early ones you know it really the early early ones you know it really sucked and it’s pretty wild to see this sucked and it’s pretty wild to see this sucked and it’s pretty wild to see this thing go around you could definitely thing go around you could definitely thing go around you could definitely tell the thing was not smart in the tell the thing was not smart in the tell the thing was not smart in the sense that it would you know drive a sense that it would you know drive a sense that it would you know drive a little bit forward you know bump into little bit forward you know bump into little bit forward you know bump into something and shift slightly and bump something and shift slightly and bump something and shift slightly and bump into the next thing you know it very into the next thing you know it very into the next thing you know it very like Brute Force approach kind of uh uh like Brute Force approach kind of uh uh like Brute Force approach kind of uh uh mapped out the layout and you know it mapped out the layout and you know it mapped out the layout and you know it very dumb you could tell it didn’t just very dumb you could tell it didn’t just very dumb you could tell it didn’t just you could tell there was no camera so you could tell there was no camera so you could tell there was no camera so yeah I would argue that’s not AI or yeah I would argue that’s not AI or yeah I would argue that’s not AI or machine learning because I I don’t think machine learning because I I don’t think machine learning because I I don’t think those things had any on board machine those things had any on board machine those things had any on board machine learning abilities at all whereas I know learning abilities at all whereas I know learning abilities at all whereas I know I know the new ones um they they have I know the new ones um they they have I know the new ones um they they have like cameras and they have some onboard like cameras and they have some onboard like cameras and they have some onboard machine learning models where um machine learning models where um machine learning models where um um it detects things like oh hey that’s um it detects things like oh hey that’s um it detects things like oh hey that’s you know that’s like dog poop or that’s you know that’s like dog poop or that’s you know that’s like dog poop or that’s like a cord I should not go over that’s like a cord I should not go over that’s like a cord I should not go over that’s going to cause problems I know they I going to cause problems I know they I going to cause problems I know they I know new ones have actual you know you know new ones have actual you know you know new ones have actual you know you know more intelligence but I remember know more intelligence but I remember know more intelligence but I remember after seeing the the first after seeing the the first after seeing the the first RBA I I felt the little disappointed um RBA I I felt the little disappointed um RBA I I felt the little disappointed um then the following like maybe like five then the following like maybe like five then the following like maybe like five years later or so it just didn’t seem years later or so it just didn’t seem years later or so it just didn’t seem that much smarter it seemed like very that much smarter it seemed like very that much smarter it seemed like very small small small iterations uh there wasn’t like there iterations uh there wasn’t like there iterations uh there wasn’t like there didn’t appear to be a big breakthrough didn’t appear to be a big breakthrough didn’t appear to be a big breakthrough where the thing really had a camera and where the thing really had a camera and where the thing really had a camera and it could you know very efficiently just it could you know very efficiently just it could you know very efficiently just you know quickly vacuum everything uh so you know quickly vacuum everything uh so you know quickly vacuum everything uh so it’s interesting it’s interesting it’s interesting that how long it actually took to go that how long it actually took to go that how long it actually took to go from that to large language models and from that to large language models and from that to large language models and now everything has kind of been unlocked now everything has kind of been unlocked now everything has kind of been unlocked so to speak um you know like especially so to speak um you know like especially so to speak um you know like especially in robotics now they are just going in robotics now they are just going in robotics now they are just going straight they’re abandoning you know straight they’re abandoning you know straight they’re abandoning you know trying to make their own models and just trying to make their own models and just trying to make their own models and just using you know these larger Frontier using you know these larger Frontier using you know these larger Frontier models to power like an actual walking models to power like an actual walking models to power like an actual walking thing um or you know some features of uh thing um or you know some features of uh thing um or you know some features of uh of the robot that you know like for of the robot that you know like for of the robot that you know like for example speaking it’s interesting how example speaking it’s interesting how example speaking it’s interesting how there was kind of a a real winter there there was kind of a a real winter there there was kind of a a real winter there an AI winter where not a lot happened an AI winter where not a lot happened an AI winter where not a lot happened for quite a while or was very for quite a while or was very for quite a while or was very incremental or only big big big tech incremental or only big big big tech incremental or only big big big tech companies were doing cool stuff like companies were doing cool stuff like companies were doing cool stuff like Google so I don’t know uh I think we’re Google so I don’t know uh I think we’re Google so I don’t know uh I think we’re done with those days uh that’s for sure done with those days uh that’s for sure done with those days uh that’s for sure I think we’re I think it’s full steam I think we’re I think it’s full steam I think we’re I think it’s full steam ahead the hype train is you know Full ahead the hype train is you know Full ahead the hype train is you know Full Steam um for my update today there’s not Steam um for my update today there’s not Steam um for my update today there’s not a lot to say I have been I I did get a lot to say I have been I I did get a lot to say I have been I I did get decent amount of work done though in the decent amount of work done though in the decent amount of work done though in the last 24 hours trying to test all the last 24 hours trying to test all the last 24 hours trying to test all the things make this like really battle things make this like really battle things make this like really battle tested uh I had someone forward tested uh I had someone forward tested uh I had someone forward me uh an an email like like when I me uh an an email like like when I me uh an an email like like when I demoed in in a video the last two days demoed in in a video the last two days demoed in in a video the last two days exactly the same thing they signed up exactly the same thing they signed up exactly the same thing they signed up for an event they got an email you know for an event they got an email you know for an event they got an email you know with a with a with a just in like text in the middle of the just in like text in the middle of the just in like text in the middle of the email you know no no link no nothing email you know no no link no nothing email you know no no link no nothing just okay here’s the date and time and just okay here’s the date and time and just okay here’s the date and time and the address all all really sloppy and the address all all really sloppy and the address all all really sloppy and they said hey do K your thing like make they said hey do K your thing like make they said hey do K your thing like make an event for this so they forward me an an event for this so they forward me an an event for this so they forward me an email with this I forward that to AI email with this I forward that to AI email with this I forward that to AI chat email the virtual assistant I’m chat email the virtual assistant I’m chat email the virtual assistant I’m building and it responded with an event building and it responded with an event building and it responded with an event and it did it it worked great it worked and it did it it worked great it worked and it did it it worked great it worked really well actually got it detected the really well actually got it detected the really well actually got it detected the the user the person who forwarded me the the user the person who forwarded me the the user the person who forwarded me the email detected the time zone it it had a email detected the time zone it it had a email detected the time zone it it had a location so that’s why it cheated it you location so that’s why it cheated it you location so that’s why it cheated it you know the dress clearly uh Had the Time know the dress clearly uh Had the Time know the dress clearly uh Had the Time Zone on the other side of the world so Zone on the other side of the world so Zone on the other side of the world so not where I’m at it detected that it not where I’m at it detected that it not where I’m at it detected that it correctly created the event invite and I correctly created the event invite and I correctly created the event invite and I actually forwarded it forwarded the actually forwarded it forwarded the actually forwarded it forwarded the email to them back and it worked uh Siri email to them back and it worked uh Siri email to them back and it worked uh Siri was like hey here’s a new event and it’s was like hey here’s a new event and it’s was like hey here’s a new event and it’s been added to your calendar really been added to your calendar really been added to your calendar really really cool I was very very pleased with really cool I was very very pleased with really cool I was very very pleased with this this made me very happy um because this this made me very happy um because this this made me very happy um because I’ve been working really hard the last I’ve been working really hard the last I’ve been working really hard the last week or so on this on this agent week or so on this on this agent week or so on this on this agent um and uh they were like wow that like um and uh they were like wow that like um and uh they were like wow that like wow that worked and they the reason why wow that worked and they the reason why wow that worked and they the reason why they knew about this is they’ve been they knew about this is they’ve been they knew about this is they’ve been helping to beta test and they sent the helping to beta test and they sent the helping to beta test and they sent the email to me because I’m I’m building email to me because I’m I’m building email to me because I’m I’m building this feature and it’s not available for this feature and it’s not available for this feature and it’s not available for them to do it so uh that’s that’s why them to do it so uh that’s that’s why them to do it so uh that’s that’s why there was kind of that weird forward there was kind of that weird forward there was kind of that weird forward forward forward um thing going on there forward forward um thing going on there forward forward um thing going on there so uh they were like they were like oh so uh they were like they were like oh so uh they were like they were like oh wow that like actually actually worked wow that like actually actually worked wow that like actually actually worked that’s cool and they said yeah I’m that’s cool and they said yeah I’m that’s cool and they said yeah I’m totally going to send it to to the to totally going to send it to to the to totally going to send it to to the to the assistant when this is ready they the assistant when this is ready they the assistant when this is ready they were like they were like yeah I get were like they were like yeah I get were like they were like yeah I get those sometimes that’s not a thing I get those sometimes that’s not a thing I get those sometimes that’s not a thing I get all the time and I was like yeah same all the time and I was like yeah same all the time and I was like yeah same here but here but here but uh he when it happens like at least you uh he when it happens like at least you uh he when it happens like at least you have a a quick and dirty solution have a a quick and dirty solution have a a quick and dirty solution so uh but yeah anyways uh I’m going to so uh but yeah anyways uh I’m going to so uh but yeah anyways uh I’m going to do a lot more testing I’m still I found do a lot more testing I’m still I found do a lot more testing I’m still I found some limitations just before I did this some limitations just before I did this some limitations just before I did this video and I went oh crap I kind of video and I went oh crap I kind of video and I went oh crap I kind of forgot about a few things here and fix forgot about a few things here and fix forgot about a few things here and fix that so it’s coming along it’s so close that so it’s coming along it’s so close that so it’s coming along it’s so close uh I think get this deployed early next uh I think get this deployed early next uh I think get this deployed early next week anyways that’s all I got for today week anyways that’s all I got for today week anyways that’s all I got for today uh have a good one

Description

Today’s experiments:

  • Deepseek R1 performance testing
  • MacBook Pro compatibility
  • RSS feed implementation

Summary

Summary of the Video: Daily Update for My Build and Public Log The video provides a brief update where the speaker debates the definition of AI and robots, reflects on the evolution of robotic vacuums, and shares progress on an AI email assistant that automates event scheduling.

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