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I don't understand how we can build self-driving cars, send people to the moon, and create advanced facial recognition software, but can't build technology that
by toephu2 10y ago
I don't understand how we can build self-driving cars, send people to the moon, and create advanced facial recognition software, but can't build technology that can separate plastic bags?
- maxander 10y agoRecognizing a plastic bag is tech on par with two of the techs you list (and arguably beyond sending a man to the moon.) Making a robot that can recognize plastic bags and manipulate them is harder. And applying that level of expertise to a public works problem in a capitalist society is even harder. (In response to the obvious counterargument; the configuration space of "a plastic bag mixed in with a bunch of random junk" is actually probably larger than the configuration space for a road with a dozen other cars on it, and so is the action space of a reasonably dextrous claw/arm greater than that of a car. AI is full of easy-sounding things that are really difficult.)
- eru 10y agoOh, you can probably make it work. The question is: can you make it work cheap enough? Sending people to the moon wasn't cheap..
- prawn 10y agoDoesn't solve the issue of plastic bags littering the streets. We have a plastic bag ban where I live and it's great.