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A hill I'm willing to die on: bipedal robots are an evolutionary path that machines don't need to go down, we have lovely bearings and wheels that work perfectly with electric motors. Yes obviously there are limitations i.e. stairs and uneven terrain but there are wheeled/tracked solutions for those too Most of these robots will be used in factories that have very nice flat concrete floors
Fantastic movement, not bound to human anatomy.
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Drones are cool, but would have a hard time getting through a closed door, or turning a valve.
A combination of a tracked vehicles and drones then. There's something quite short-sighted and uncreative about assuming bipedal 1-for-1 replacements are the only solution
Quite scary, but can't hold a candle to this one ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3RIHnK0_NE
A hill I'm willing to die on: bipedal robots are an evolutionary path that machines don't need to go down, we have lovely bearings and wheels that work perfectly with electric motors. Yes obviously there are limitations i.e. stairs and uneven terrain but there are wheeled/tracked solutions for those too Most of these robots will be used in factories that have very nice flat concrete floors
But the fact is, the world has mostly been built by humans for humans. Pretty much any task you can think of can be accomplished by a human with their arms, legs and some tools.
A generalised robot would look like a human.
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I'm pretty sure human's role, in the grand scheme of things, is to generate the next step in evolution. We should do the best job we can for the universe.
Why? Does the Universe care? Why not concentrate on those that have the capacity to care?
Maybe it’s just the lighting, but this look like CGI to me.
Would you bet any money on this? Boston Dynamics is not run by bozos, they have a pretty consistent track record of showing the real stuff.
Would you bet money that it isn’t CGI? The fact that we are asking these questions is just as terrifying and impressive as the malicious potential of the robot itself. Wild days we’re living in!