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One Dot chat now runs my random tasks and warned me about Hawaii flooding

He replaced dozens of separate the AI chats with one persistent Dot chat. Dot starts remote the AI threads on his always-on Macs to update his Obsidian vault or find order details, and it messaged him on its own about flooding in Hawaii days after he had asked about Hawaii weather.

How it works

  1. Sends his everyday questions and tasks to one Dot chat instead of opening many Work chats
  2. Dot starts its own remote the AI threads on his MacBook or Mac mini when it needs something from his machines
  3. It updates his Obsidian vault and finds order information for him
  4. Days after a Hawaii weather question, it messages him on its own about flooding in Hawaii

Why it’s worth knowing

He never asked it to watch Hawaii. It connected a weather question from days earlier to a flood risk and spoke up on its own.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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