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by tcp_handshaker·7d ago·view on hn ↗
>> Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength

Well in this case, for the idea it was already in the training data. User said was out of ideas...trying to prop up the LLM smartness...

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-find-a-lost-bluetooth-device...

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/194584/locating-...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/i-lost-my-cellphone-som...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3317786?

And about the code...well...

- Complete Android code example specifically explains that Bluetooth RSSI can be used, cautiously, as a distance indicator. - https://mobile.fhstp.ac.at/development/rssi-messungen-von-bl...

- android-Bluetooth-RSSI-Scanner - https://github.com/TimingJL/android-Bluetooth-RSSI-Scanner

- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22914532/ble-continuous-...

- https://github.com/alt236/Bluetooth-LE-Library---Android

These LLMs are mainly knowledge bases and compression engines.