Does artificial intelligence presuppose an artificial language? If my house is connected with smart devices (phones, TVs, watches, thermostats) and quasi-intelligent devices such as Sonos speakers and Phillips Hue lighting, [would you consider it an intelligent house?] Why aren’t they talking? If they could talk, what would they be saying? What did the light bulb say to the thermostat? Am I being too cold? [Ha]

What about smart carpet? [Can someone make this please?] If [When] the alarm goes off on my phone, smart lights ease me into the early morning with a soft red/orange hue, coffee starts brewing, I begrudgingly get out of bed, grab my towel, and the smart carpet signals the lights to escort me as I walk towards the bathroom. When I turn the corner, the carpet signals Eva to warm up the shower water. F.lux adjusts the lighting as I get dressed and move about my house. As I walk down the stairs coffee dispenses into a travel mug while Brita fills my Nalgene. I grab both, slide them into the side pockets of my backpack, and snag a banana. The smart carpet [flooring] opens the front door as I approach it, starts my car, turns off the lights, locks the house, and brings the temperature down to 60 degrees.

Is my house intelligent? An intelligent brain is a collection of connected neurons. So would that mean an intelligent house is a collection of connected smart devices, internet things? We (humans) perceive inputs, and react: if this then that. If a house was full of input receivers and reacted accordingly, would we consider it intelligent?