The article naively suggests AI add-ons to smart home systems that snoop on users and make 'moral decisions' about whether or not to report them to the authorities. There have been many warnings about the dangers to our privacy and security that smart speakers and IoT devices bring. Bluntly, the AMA decides whether or not to grass on pot smoking teenagers to the police or the parents or both. One day the system detects clear signs of the smokable drug, marijuana, in one of the teenager's room. It is unlikely that the police would be interested in busting every kid that smokes pot in their parent's house.

Source: Forbes March 02, 2019 16:18 UTC