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5mo ago
Are humanoids just an unburst bubble with no future?
... tend to be bullish about such futuristic things. BUT... Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks says that this is only a bubble. Because of two reasons: He argues that attempts by companies like Tesla and Figure to teach robots
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through video-based training are unrealistic, since human touch is vastly more complex than robots can replicate. Safety Large humanoid robots are unstable and potentially dangerous. (Just imagine how we thought that in 2000, we would have flying cars. ) Do you think ... ... there. Maybe it will take another century to create them properly. Comment from Sheraz Abdul Hayee(@sheraz_abdul_hayee): @busmark_w_nika Humanoids likely have a future, but not the one being hyped. Brooks makes valid points about the
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