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Good morning. Happy mothers day. Im jane pauley and this is sunday morning. You dont need us to tell you these are complicated times. Seemingly growing more complicated by the day. One possible reason, the technology surrounding us. New, improved, from smartphones to selfdriving cars. Even when it comes to basic home appliances, were increasingly confronted with more features and options than we know what to do with. So what ever happened to simplicity . The answer david pogue tells us is, well, its complicated. Reporter from the dawn of technology, our machines have evolved according to one rule. Keep adding features. Most of these things are too complicated. Most people dont use all of the Capabilities Even in their own kitchen. Reporter but now a breakthrough. A lot of that complexity, all thats going away because a. I. Is going to enable us to ask for what we want. Reporter can new technologies simplify our old ones . Coming up on sunday morning. For some two decades, he has been d