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[deleted] t1_iusjfgu wrote

Chips are in your Oven, Toaster, Blender, Lamps, Shower head, Power tools, Speakers, ironing iron, vacuum cleaner ... sometimes even in your Curtains.

I would say, we are pretty close to Kurzweil's prediction.

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phriot OP t1_iuskg6y wrote

I don't disagree, but we're definitely not yet at the point where it's all just passively there without humans noticing. Note that other than curtains, you mentioned all recognizable devices. And for several other of these things, they don't really do much more than they did without ICs - it's just cheaper these days to throw a chip in than discrete components. Yet others are "could" have chips; my shower head definitely doesn't.

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Mokebe890 t1_iusl9zc wrote

It was well said, you have chips everywhere just not in things it will be useless. Almost every device can be Smart and if its Smart then it have chip in it. Chips in clothing on the other said brings almost no value.

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Effective-Dig8734 t1_iusmkfb wrote

I think for average people who aren’t super tech savvy, most don’t know there is chips in these things

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