Smart Cranes, Rogue Mowers & Will AI Replace Us? ft. This Smart House | S5E5

Recorded live at CES 2026, Pete, Vince, and Brandon sit down in person with Ryan from the This Smart House YouTube channel for a wide-ranging conversation covering the smart home landscape, the realities of being a part-time creator, robot mowers going completely rogue, and whether AI is coming for all of our jobs.

Ryan shares what he's been up to over the past year — including a new role as Head of R&D at Ramsey Industries, where he's building the company's first IoT-connected crane product. The crew digs into his Home Assistant tutorial series, including Matterbridge setup and Tesla integration, before going deep on the state of robot lawn mowers — debating RTK vs. LiDAR navigation, sharing some hilarious mower-gone-wrong stories, and previewing what's coming from Yarbo and others in 2026.

The conversation shifts to the creator side of things — how to stay consistent with a day job and family, the real struggle of ADHD and project follow-through, AI tools for content production (N8N, Gemini for B-roll cataloging), and Pete's ill-fated secret YouTube channel experiment. They also break down what stood out at CES — from Samsung's senior care smart home tech to the AI buzzword fatigue hitting the show floor — and close out with a genuine debate: will AI eventually replace content creators, or will authenticity always win?

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