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Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea

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Re: Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea

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Post by ck2 »

So every 1000 physical bots are going to need the power and cooling equivalent of those super-popular datacenters they are trying to build everywhere

And I am virtually positive I know what the most popular application for them is going to become, the same way we've somehow decided to legalize gambling and drugs and make them available at a click to everyone everywhere

BTW are people going to be able to hack them to commit crimes? Protest for them?

But eventually everything is used for war to murder undesirables, we're only a decade away from the US or Israel etc. airdropping 1000 armed humanoid robots into a civilian space to hunt for "terrorists"

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Post by mattlondon »

trumpdong wrote: post #6

There is no good reason to have a humanoid robot. None. Dishwashers do best in a dishwasher shape.

A robot that cleans my toilet would be nice. Sure I could have a dedicated toilet cleaning robot, and a dedicated dishwasher loading robot, and a dedicated pickup-up-crap-off-the-floor-the-kids-have-left-around-robot ... or just something general purpose?

I don't care if it is humanoid or not, but given that our house is built for humans to interact with it seems reasonable that it should fit into that space.

Re: Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea

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Post by ksec »

I have written this before, It is not AI with digital automation that worries me, generally speaking I think that is a good direction even thought we are still in early stage.

It is Humanoid, that will change everything. While we are still someway off, if we had PC - > Internet > Smartphone > AI, what is after AI will be Humanoid.

We still have another 4-5 years to go on current AI, and then Humanoid will further carry AI forward. This is similar to how Smartphone made the whole internet population 5 - 10 times bigger, further increasing demand on internet infrastructure. If anything, Apple should work on this. Perhaps the only thing that will be bigger than iPhone.

Re: Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea

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Post by ianm218 »

ksec wrote: post #23

I have written this before, It is not AI with digital automation that worries me, generally speaking I think that is a good direction even thought we are still in early stage. It is Humanoid, that will change everything. While we are still someway off, if we had PC - > Internet > Smartphone > AI, what is after AI will be Humanoid. We still have another 4-5 years to go on current AI, and then Humanoid will further car…

You say it worries you more than pure digital AI but don't explain. What is it about that humanoids that makes you worry?

Re: Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea

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Post by logicchains »

mattlondon wrote: post #22
trumpdong wrote: post #6

There is no good reason to have a humanoid robot. None. Dishwashers do best in a dishwasher shape.

A robot that cleans my toilet would be nice. Sure I could have a dedicated toilet cleaning robot, and a dedicated dishwasher loading robot, and a dedicated pickup-up-crap-off-the-floor-the-kids-have-left-around-robot ... or just something general purpose? I don't care if it is humanoid or not, but given that our house is built for humans to interact with it seems reasonable that it should fit into that space.

A robot with enough arm strength to properly clean a stubborn toilet wouldn't be safe around kids.

Re: Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea

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Post by logicchains »

ck2 wrote: post #21

So every 1000 physical bots are going to need the power and cooling equivalent of those super-popular datacenters they are trying to build everywhere And I am virtually positive I know what the most popular application for them is going to become, the same way we've somehow decided to legalize gambling and drugs and make them available at a click to everyone everywhere BTW are people going to be able to hack them to…

>we're only a decade away from the US or Israel etc. airdropping 1000 armed humanoid robots into a civilian space to hunt for "terrorists"

Currently they just bomb the buildings into the ground, killing everyone indiscriminately, so robots can't be any worse than that.

Re: Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea

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Post by forshaper »

ksec wrote: post #23

I have written this before, It is not AI with digital automation that worries me, generally speaking I think that is a good direction even thought we are still in early stage. It is Humanoid, that will change everything. While we are still someway off, if we had PC - > Internet > Smartphone > AI, what is after AI will be Humanoid. We still have another 4-5 years to go on current AI, and then Humanoid will further car…

I was thinking the other day that Apple is best positioned for drone companions- not even necessarily humanoid, but solving the battery charge problem to have an assistant follow you everywhere.

Re: Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea

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Post by chaostheory »

ksec wrote: post #23

I have written this before, It is not AI with digital automation that worries me, generally speaking I think that is a good direction even thought we are still in early stage. It is Humanoid, that will change everything. While we are still someway off, if we had PC - > Internet > Smartphone > AI, what is after AI will be Humanoid. We still have another 4-5 years to go on current AI, and then Humanoid will further car…

You’d only have to worry if we still had a long horizon of peace and globalism. With more potential breaks in supply chains, everything will cost a lot more in terms of time and money.

Re: Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea

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Post by 01100011 »

trumpdong wrote: post #6

There is no good reason to have a humanoid robot. None. Dishwashers do best in a dishwasher shape.

A couple weeks ago I saw a proud post by a humanoid robot CEO showing off how well his robots could sort objects on an assembly line. It was painful to watch. It's like he's never seen a real industrial sorting system in his life. Vision algos from 30 years ago along with simple mechanics or puffs of air were doing it 100x faster back then. I'm not convinced there is a bubble in AI, but there's definitely one in humanoid robots.
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