I’m reminded of @Fred_W’s kiln story:
I agree that an exception alert would be a good strategy for Sense to target because in complex households you have both many “standard” potential alerts and many non-standard conditions. e.g. a “fridge on too long” alert could become something that Sense could infer rather than having to manually enter it.
The Sense Labs: Motor Stall feature hints at a generalized Alerts Lab potential. Motor Stalls can happen across multiple devices. Alert conditions such as “on too long” can likewise happen for many different devices. I suspect the team is pondering hard on these issues.