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Re: How Google built its Gemini robotics models

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Post by zemvpferreira »

quotemstr wrote: post #62
otherayden wrote: post #38

It's terrifying to think that robots like this will probably be used in the defense industry at some point. If the robot understands something as general as "put the erasers away", imagine "kill all enemies".

> It's terrifying to think that robots like this will probably be used in the defense industry at some point So what? Is keeping us safe a bad thing somehow? I can't get these people who reflexively think anything weapon-shaped is evil. Violence is good sometimes.

It’s terrifying to think of a state owning an army that can’t disobey unethical or illegal orders from its commanders. That possibility should keep you awake at night.

Re: How Google built its Gemini robotics models

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Post by butlike »

DoctorDabadedoo wrote: post #11
WXLCKNO wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had never heard of Unitree (Chinese robotics company) before today. A lot of their videos look like CGI but apparently the product is real. What stuck with me the most browsing their website on the G1 model was seeing "Price from $16k" Now I'm not sure if these are actually purchasable or what the value would be, but it's my first time seeing an actual normal-ish price attached to a humanoid robot that seems to be…

Take any of these videos with a grain of salt. In demos these robots only need to do well once and it can take hours to record. In real life, a failure rate of 80% is unnacceptable, but perfectly fine to edit out in the final cut media. I hope they do well, this area is incredibly hard, but it will take a lot more than what people imagine.

I just want the consumer grade robot dog so I can program it to chase the roomba around.

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Post by ChrisClark »

mgoetzke wrote: post #59
lima wrote: post #21

They can do that , yet somehow, Gemini Assistant on Pixel phones still fails to reliably set timers or add shopping list items :-) (which worked fine with Google Assistant)

Phones today cannot even reliable handle things like "remind me to pick up tomatoes next time i am at a store" google knows perfectly well, where I am and wants me to add 'infos' to locations and businesses the second I arrive (just got a notification today), but reminders like these are unavailable.

The location based reminders sure worked perfectly fine many years ago, like when I had Nexus phones. It's just getting worse all the time, I don't get it.

Re: How Google built its Gemini robotics models

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Post by sgc »

ChrisClark wrote: post #74
mgoetzke wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Phones today cannot even reliable handle things like "remind me to pick up tomatoes next time i am at a store" google knows perfectly well, where I am and wants me to add 'infos' to locations and businesses the second I arrive (just got a notification today), but reminders like these are unavailable.

The location based reminders sure worked perfectly fine many years ago, like when I had Nexus phones. It's just getting worse all the time, I don't get it.

I use voice dictation a lot on my phone. It has degraded over the years, but is now basically broken, it fell off a cliff a short wile ago.

Re: How Google built its Gemini robotics models

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Post by barbazoo »

j_timberlake wrote: post #54
otherayden wrote: post #38

It's terrifying to think that robots like this will probably be used in the defense industry at some point. If the robot understands something as general as "put the erasers away", imagine "kill all enemies".

People are always talking about AI in terms of economic impacts (jobs, productivity, etc.), but military should be the first use-case they care/worry about. They'll probably freak out once they finally realize the implications of cheap drones + smart AI + auto-aim guns.

> They'll probably freak out once they finally realize the implications of cheap drones + smart AI + auto-aim guns.

Hopefully in the US. People seem to not care about the development toward AI controlled weapons everywhere in the world.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240210-israel-deploy...

https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/10/17/israel-deploys-ai-p...

Re: How Google built its Gemini robotics models

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Post by barbazoo »

cozyman wrote: post #3

just curious, what would it do if you asked it to kill someone? does it follow the laws of robotics?

> The Three Laws of Robotics are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which were to be followed by robots in several of his stories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics

You know that's from a fictional book, right?!

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