Wonder if it has Midi latency problems like the Tonverk and TR1000
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Another rigged demo video to make investors open up their wallets?
Not impressed just yet. They gotta try a lil harder. I could prompt sora to make me one of these videos in a few minutes, doesnt make it any more real.
I fail to see how a contemporary bot would be able to do all those house chores without any external control. How’d it know what detergent to use? What laundry program to use? No carpets in the house anywhere… What if the water faucet is blocked? Or it sees an object it doesnt identify/misidentifies? etc etc. Dunno man, I just aint buying it. Seen too many rigged demos in my time
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Yeah, I’m also not convinced, but I guess it could be possible to let the robot learn how to handle chores for a couple of weeks (after a initial setup phase where it learns all the rooms and what’s in them). So it would require you to constantly help it do things right and then you can let it do few easy things on its own like bringing out the trash and a few days later it can operate the washing machine on its own.
No idea if technology is already at this level…
From what I’ve seen from the Atlas for example, pretty much everything needs to be specifically instructed. Needs thousands of hours of VR practice for evey task as well. Seems a bit of a stretch to think they’d got anywhere near autonomy / proactive levels of activity in so many different tasks for it do a passable job at household maintenance etc.
I did watch the robotic marathon and robotic boxing matches they arranged in china. Seems pretty basic at the mo. Early days…
I can’t wait to see people’s personal robots walking around town so I can string up 50lb fishing line all over the sidewalks.
Oh and the Saran wrap across entry way trick will be fun to watch.
Also floors covered in baby oil and ball bearings. Oh yeah and the old paper bag over its head. Hours of entertainment.
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watching humanity wipe itself out is terrifying deffo especially as we’re all in on it and can see it coming …. hopefully they use these to fight there wars rather than humans. But reality is , itll be the AI controlled machines that order the humans.
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Theres no morals or ethics in guns either. Wait until they get a more advance Dishbrain in something like that. The microtubules should make things more spicy too.
You all are worried about 2 legged human facsimiles running around with mini guns, when it’s the micro Swarm Drones that will get you.
Cool, I’m also a huge Blade Runner fan, and a big fan of PKD more generally (as you might guess from my avatar). What would you say the message of that movie is?
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Yeah…unfortunately they’ll get their one day.
I think this is what it’s all come to. People in power (companies, governments) getting tired of us not working every day and/or agreeing to their stupid policies and wars, they’ll build their totally compliant slaves from scratch with circuitry instead, and train them against us.
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Phillip K Dick is my hero.
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He was quite paranoid due to drug abuse but the best stuff is often written under the influence. Stephen Kings alcoholism produced great work as well. He had a deep fear of technology dehumanizing the human race. I see it more of a collaboration however. Like the Ai holographic girl in Blade Runner 2049 for helping with loneliness.
Finally ! Something that can carry my towels.
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yes, this is way more terrific…
There’s this idea that people will turn their back on this bot and slop riddled internet and value true social interaction again. Maybe they really will.
Maybe we’ll even see the rise of “pro human” political parties.
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Are humans still relevant in 2025?
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I think programming a set of morals is probably a more challenging task than making a robot that can bus a table and water plants, and I am not yet convinced it can reliably do those things outside of a structured demo, anyway.
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I’m pretty sure Will Smith doesn’t like this.
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This is bad news, but at the same time it’s “good” news, I guess?
Basically what I’m saying is that right now we live in a world where mostly administrative tasks and art is being outsourced to AI, which is causing a very large divide. There are those who actively mock artists for having their “worthless profession” taken from them, and we were hurtling towards a world where humans would be left only doing physical tasks, while all creative tasks would become outsourced to AI, which is a horrible prospect. If these robots become capable to doing all sorts of handywork, including things like carpentry and factory assembly, then that would become an equalizer, because all of us would be put at an equal disadvantage that would unite us in a sense in the fight against AI and automation. Maybe we can stop flinging shit at each other and concentrate on the real problem instead.
Does this make sense?
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I have no further questions.
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