"A.I." = Appeasing Investors

"Yes, we've done it, we've hacked into the grainframe"

"One man's AI is another man's software" This hits the nail on the head. Most of the "AI" we've been seeing is just, computer programs, doing the same sorts of things computer programs have been doing for years.

I was watching this next to my orange cat and when you said "fuzzy logic" the first time, I looked at him and said "That's all you've got buddy."

I hate when my magnets lose their magic magnet whatevers.

"Magnets, how do they work?" tefal: "idk, AI i guess"

So we've graduated from everything needing to be "blockchain" powered to "AI" powered.

Genuine AI rice cooker - "Oi dingus, you've put in rice for three people, but your cooking habits indicate you're eating alone.. again... Like every other night"

I love how AI is such a buzzword now when its just the natural evolution of virtual assistants or algorithms. But the funniest thing is AI isnt even, well, intelligent. Its just algorithms rebranded!

I don't want rice that can think. That makes my stir-fry dinners very morally complicated.

8:22 "Thanks for fixing problems by being a bigger one." - Wade on A.I. Perfect summarization of the A.I epidemic.

Damn. That talk at 7:59 really hit me hard and made me take a long hard look at my PC that is used to play nothing but strategy games and costed more than my car.

"One man's software is another man's AI" what an amazing quote

The graphic designer must have been so pleased with themselves when they thought of using a grain rice as the dot on the “i” in “AI rice” graphic. It really makes it.

When your AI is broken, put it in AI Rice

Does Australia have consumer protection laws? You should show them this and show how AI isn’t involved at all and it’s false advertising.

They were so consumed by artificial intelligence that they forgot to use their human intelligence

THE FUTURE IS $2 AND YOU CAN CONNECT A 1.5-VOLT BATTERY TO A LIGHTBULB AND CALL IT "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"

As a former Chef with decades of experience in the industry I gotta say something... you went on about how basic it is; "all it is, is ON/OFF" and well really... that is basically all cookery is in a nutshell. We're taught the "Ts" in culinary school; Temperature, Timing, Texture, Taste etc. and how to master these concepts to become a great cook because well, almost all of cookery can be boiled down to the simple concept of managing the temperature and timing of the food as it cooks. Are you cooking something hot and fast like a stir-fry in a wok? Or low and slow like a stew in a pot? Understanding the key concepts about the relationship between heat and timing is foundational to cooking. And with that simple knowledge, which is taught to first year apprentice chefs, you should be able to cook anything. Are you cooking a steak and want that char/caramelisation? Then you need a relative high heat in the beginning to sear the outside of the meat, then you would "manage" the temperate and bring it to a medium heat dependant on whether you want a med-rare or well-done steak. Being a good chef is understand how to manage that heat to prevent the steak from burning on the outside, while still cooking the inside to your liking. Literally 99% of cookery can be broken down to "switching the heat ON/OFF" as you criticized the rice cooker gadget for being. When really, it's how us professionals actually cook. Chefs are literally just glorified magnets lifting pots and pans off burners to manage how "fast" or "hot" they cook to get the dish you desire. A "fuzzy logic" rice cooker is just a Chef without all the drug addiction, trauma and unreliability. Love ya vids, take care bruh.

I'm so sick of AI

This Tefal rice cooker is designed to *look* like a fancy Zojirushi/Tiger/Cuckoo machine with Fuzzy Logic/MICOM Microcomputer technology, yet has the innards with the intelligence of pencil shavings.

Just like when "HD" was a marketing term for any pice of junk, you could buy and "HD" rice cooker. and before that there was "Turbo" you buy a "Turbo" rice cooker.

My rice cooker was one I got for free, and I occasionally use the food steam setting, but that's about it for the fancy stuff. Also it's designed to make up to 12 cups of rice. Which I guess is nice if I ever need to make enough rice for like a potluck, but that also means that the MINIMUM I can make in it is 4 servings. I wouldn't have picked such a large one. But again, it was a prize, so.... Plus it being so large means I can steam a whole thing of dumplings at once!

The fact that the video length is 9:11 kills me

AI is the new HD. I remember back in the late 00s working as a custodian and I needed a new broom. When it came in my boss had literally gotten me an HD broom. Just like your rice cooker he didn't notice either and I still laugh thinking of an HD broom. Edit: no it did not stand for high density. The packaging literally described it as a "high definition broom."

Couldn't POSSIBLY recommend Technology Connections more. Especially on the dishwasher pods videos jesus, changed my life, changing my life every video

Imagine training an AI to cook rice, you'd have to get at least 100 rice cookers cooking rice all at once and then taste test every single batch or something

I’m a software developer and seeing a singular if statement marketed as “AI” is hilarious

Love when two of my favourite channels lap over. Wade + Technology Connections makes a great combo.

Tefal is one of the biggest European brands of home appliances. If you go to a Walmart equivalent here, you can bet there's gonna be Tefal there, right beside Samsung, Whirlpool or LG. The brand belongs to Groupe SEB, which is the world's largest manufacturer of cookware. Wild. Them making and selling this is basically as if Sony branded their PS5 "Nuclear Energy Enabled" just because there was a nuclear power plant in your country.

"It's meant to run for many years. I bet that's a lie" 😂

Honestly as a musician and recording engineer, the Audient evo sp8 has intriguing ai assisted auto gain control for all 8ins and the integration of ai in ableton live 12 is sick. The similar drum sound feature and many others

I love how the phrase “AI” is slapped onto anything

i knew they gonna shove AI into a toaster to try and increase its price ARTIFICIALLY

Fuzzy set theory is at least an actual thing in mathematics that’s relevant to machine learning (the actual software technology that the shiny new “generative AI” is just an application of), even if that description was gibberish, but yeah I can’t believe I was momentarily stupid enough to wonder how they somehow included machine learning in a rice cooker beyond the obvious “they didn’t”.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly 4 years (4 in may for me!) since I saw your very first video! You talk about how long ago it was and gosh it really was! It’s just so crazy how much the channel grew so fast and how you adapted but the adaptations felt natural and like an extension of the original idea. Thank you Wade for being consistently awesome!

It reminds me of the "Smart" craze of the 2010's like there was this smart coffee maker that was really hyped on CES but when reviewers tried it, the app was just a glorified timer, and yes you needed a dedicated app for that particular thing, and even though it had an interesting feature like when your app detected your phone connected to your he WiFi it started brewing automatically. Yeah it was cool and all, but it didn't take a cyber security expert to realize your whole network and devices connected to it were compromised thanks to a lowly appliance with the flimsiest security and also you got an app that knows who what kind of information was gathering from you, it was like the Bonzi Buddy for contemporary adults.

The ammount of patience it must have taken to squish that much cooked rice into the bottle just for the video bit, love it 🤣

I have a Toshiba RC-6LH Rice cooker I got at a garage sale for $5. No idea how old it is, definitely at least 80s. Makes rice just fine so long as the ratio is right. Even has a warming function!

fuzzy logic is actually really cool when it comes to controlling systems, can efficiently produce some great results simpler solutions can't, like very fast heating without overshoot, can do it better than PID (old king) also how "intelligent" an algorithm is is usually dependant on the amount of operations it has to do to fulfill it's functionality, and fuzzy logic does indeed not usually do a ton of operations. in the simple applications, it moslty works on simple (like linear) functions or lookup tables

This rice cooker is an analogue controller. Fuzzy logic is an old algorithm, been around for decades and can be considered a rudimentary AI. Usually it will have a feedback loop of sorts so it can make a more informed decision of what to do. In the case you mentioned with the on off, it will choose how long on or off, or even control it by how on or off it is (fractions of your on or off like water coming from the tap).

Look into a Zojirushi rice cooker. I have nothing but good things to say about mine! Easy to clean, easy to use, plays a tune when the rice is finished... what's not to love?

Hey man just wanted to say that I’ve been going through a lot lately but despite everything there is always the time to watch your videos at the end of the day, they cheer me up so much, thank you 🙏

4:41 haha get i it because tim cooks haha. im going to run to the local cashies naked screaming tim cook.

I did a ton of research on rice cookers. If you want a no-bs, built like it was in the 50s, indestructible rice cooker that also has a double boiler to prevent burning, you want a Tatung. I bought the TAC-06L and it's built like a chunk of stone. It has a single lever and the whole thing is stainless steel. No toxic nonstick surfaces, no plastic touching the food. Everything can be thrown into the dishwasher including the lids and inner pot. It's expensive as hell but after using it for a while, worth every penny. I'm not affiliated, just a huge fan of this relatively unheard of brand in the Western world. Not a bot or advertisement, I'm just tired of the over-engineered landfill and I've been making a concerted effort to BIFL. Edit: Oh and I learned that nonstick wasn't even necessary. With the double boiler nothing has stuck to it. You don't even need it, the stainless steel works great.

I feel like i keep seening A. I. Used in the same useless buzzword sense that quantum used to be used. A once specific, technical word boiled down to the point where it means "future-techno-science‐magic"

This is #10 on trending in UK right now

Like just working in manufacturing, you figure out that you can fine tune a process, program a PLC to give the right output per the input, and you got it nailed down. Any variable you want to account for, you can just do the math ahead of time and program it in. That's the only "AI" you need. People do the thinking, with Taguchi Orthogonal Arrays and whatever, and you tell a chip "do this when this happens". And that's what they did here despite the stupid marketing. We've been doing it in machines by using relays and clockwork since before the transistor even existed!

Tefal is a HUGE home appliance company from France here in Europe. Known for some of their premium stuff specifically

Reminds me of when everything was HD back in the mid/late-00’s.

2 mins in and I consider myself entertained AND smarter!!! good work, thanks mate!

Pro tips for Rice; Wash it first - put the desired amount into a strainer and rinse it til the water is clear. Put a splash of oil in it - like we're talking 1-2 drops of so. This helps a little to prevent the rice from going claggy and it also helps with the flavor a bit too.

I'm so happy when two channels I follow independently come together in this way hah. Technology Connections is an amazing channel.

The most basic rice cooker is one of the best appliances in my opinion. The only reason my wife and I want to upgrade is to get a bigger rice cooker, same mechanism but just bigger

love the length of the video there

Feels great to watch your videos again.

Years ago I saw a pair of sunglasses advertised as having HD technology, from a company called JML in the UK they were called PolaOptics HD

I actually bought a pressure cooker that doubles as a rice cooker. I think it's more interesting to have stuff like that. Where it can do multiple things that you know you want, rather that 1 thing you want and 101 ways for it to slice water.

Tech companies advertise AI appliances like food companies advertise low carb/low sugar snacks

I can't wait for the future where we need AI and an internet connection to use our rice cooker, toaster, microwave, hair dryer, water heater, bed covers, couch, stairs, chairs.........

Tefal is such a big company... I really cant believe this is actualy real :/

I can prove it has a timer inside in some models by plugging it to a DC to AC inverter which outputs power lower than what the rice cooker handles in a stage the voltage decreases, and in a stage it stops

The fact you used a picture of Shaggy 2 Dope had me in stitches laughing my head off never expected to see anything ICP on your channel

This channel started as an audio nugget review channel, and here we are, watching a review of a rice cooker. Well done mate.

I gotta admit, I want a poster of the "ai rice logo" The only kitchen appliance I could believe has "ai" is that $300 Mitsubishi toaster.

Love the shout-out to Technology Connections! That channel slaps👍🏼

Key example of „companies chasing buzzword trends for marketing hype“

Funfact: does this thing have a clock/timer function? If so then the reason for the battery is becauase it has an RTC (Real Time Clock), you can imagine it like a wallclock but instead of a human reading it it is designed to be read by computers.These RTCs need to always be on or else the time will reset (similar to a wallclock, which nowadays often just use RTCs plus an electric motor) and you have to set the thing up again

Cashies is calling for that Rice Cooker…

I love you add Frank's getaways at the end of your videos!! :)

I am subscribed to you and technologie connections and a patron to both of you as you both make amazing videos, love his new studio he is going to make some amazing videos with this space

I love technology connections. He’s so entertaining

Honestly my $7 Kmart Rice cooker has been a WORKHORSE for me and it still does so well! Its the most basic machine in the world but it does everything I need it to (cook rice, keep rice warm when its cooked) and i love it!

feels like an aftershow lol

2:18 nahh it's: "tuh fail".

Tefal was good some years ago, but now i would suggest to ask your resident Asian grandma and ask her where to get the one she uses or something familiar.

I love rice but I hate “ai”

they enshittified one of the simplest and smartest cooking appliances by adding battery waste to it

omg i lost it at the demonstration lol Wade's energy is insane and i am all here for it!

"Y u WaTChIn' My CRaP?" Why? Because dammit, we're entertained. That's Why!!!1!

Tefal is actually a really known householding company here in Romania

man the fact that its easier to cook rice on stove in stove cookers and also by boiling

æsstinkin carp 4:29

i was subscribed to TC way before i watched this video and i never expected him to be mentioned in this channel!!

At the end during your outro I literally said the words "especially these stinky names mate because" and then caught myself lol

I lost it at the cauldron kick.. so simple but can't stop my haha now gj mate

A device that wants to keep track of time while it's off needs a battery. Your computer's motherboard probably has one too, for that reason. Otherwise it would have no idea how much time has passed since it was unplugged and replugged (in the case of the rice cooker) and the timer would just reset each time, like crappy alarm clocks do when the power goes out.

I sometimes re-watch technology connection's the color Brown video. Riveting stuff 🤓

u calll it: te f-al. and the ophh sounded so genuine when you broke the instructions

This looks like something middle-aged Moms would fall for, bless their hearts

Imagine a world where you could swing by DP's house and grab a bowl of rice and talk your audio heart out while you eat

love to see (but super not surprised) that you're a Technology Connections fan too! hope your next rice cooker is easier to clean

Genuinely this guy will talk about anything uninteresting and make it interesting like who would give an f about a rice cooker

Wow, those wires and that small PCB making the rice cooker really high tech

Téfal like the end of cliché. It's from my country, France 😂

The current wave of "AI devices" reminds me a lot of a previous wave of "smart appliances". Oh, look, your toaster can connect to your phone via an app and bluetooth! Why would you want a toaster that does this? Fuck if I know, but it means they can charge an extra thirty bucks!

excellent way of turning a personal expense in to a business one.

Thank God! I was worried you could only get Frank with the hat

Fantastic cover of the critically acclaimed jazz tune "Boopin' With The Missus (Frankie)" at the end there, man that takes me back to the fifties

AI is just a new buzzword.