Ugh. This is like a bad homage to Age of Context (kleinbl00). Besides, I think the idea of a future where devices do all the thinking for you is as old as sci-fi. For some reason it always includes the image of coffee being ready when you wake up. As if those two minutes are so dreadful?
Anyway, this kind of future hinges on the idea that we are creatures of habit in everything we do; thus, we can always predict and act based on that habit. Once behaviour is completely predictable, removing choice is just the logical extreme. But do the people who write articles like that really don't understand that real life is nothing like this? There was a great article here a while back about technology. Its premise was that technology succeeds when it liberates users. For example, smartphones allow you to do more in more places. Self-driving cars allow me to do other things while driving.
And that's the problem I have with this all. Efficiency and freedom go hand in hand - they aren't mutually exclusive. Removing choice, letting objects decide for me only works when a) I don't care about the decision and b) a computer can do it faster/better/cheaper than I can. If I had a 9-to-5 job, I can let Google predict my commute for me. Most of the time I don't care about the commute itself (a) and I'd like to make it faster wherever I can (b). But sometimes I feel like taking a different path, or different mode of transport, or just have a day off, which negates (a). It's not a big deal if I get a commute warning on my phone, but it's a problem when my phone has already ordered a cab when I didn't need one.
Same goes for the coffee. Some days I just want something else.