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Website: http://www.kiwicampus.com/home http://www.kiwicampus.com/home From https://angel.co/kiwicampus https://angel.co/kiwicampus: "Current self driving algo

Website: http://www.kiwicampus.com/home http://www.kiwicampus.com/home From https://angel.co/kiwicampus https://angel.co/kiwicampus: "Current self driving algorithms require huge amounts of data to be trained with, so our robots are initially being controlled from Colombia." (not affiliated, I just found these DIY-like robots very fun)

callmeed 9y ago
You'd be surprised how many "AI-powered" startups are actually powered by BPOs located in Columbia/Philippines/India/etc.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  Reminds me of x.ai. Didn't it turn out that the "AI assistant" is actually made of humans?
  - dmortensen 9y ago
    No! :) *we do continue to label data though and will probably have a large "AI Trainer" staff in place for any NEW skill we want Amy to have in the future.
    - TeMPOraL 9y ago
      Sorry :). This was the story I was referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11520681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11520681. Was it false, or did things change in the past year?
gene-h 9y ago
" so our robots are initially being controlled from Colombia." There was a sci-fi movie about that[0]. In short a wall gets built between the US and Mexico, and telerobots controlled by workers in Mexico start being used for the jobs normally performed by migrant workers. That being said there are some interesting legal issues with telerobots. Currently, most laws we have presume the person performing the crime is physically present. For example, in the unlikely event that one of these robots injures someone or causes property damage who exactly is held liable? Another interesting case is if an evil set of Berkeley engineering students in desperate need of robot parts for a project, pays the driver of one of these robots to disable tracking and drive it to a secret robot chop-shop. Supposedly, the penalties for the evil Berkely engineering students can be less than if they went out and kidnapped the robot, because the company allowed and trusted the worker with access to the robot. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dealer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dealer
- famil 9y ago
  Sci-Fi Short about telerobots controlled by gamers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXX0TRtg5Vk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXX0TRtg5Vk

callmeed 9y ago

You'd be surprised how many "AI-powered" startups are actually powered by BPOs located in Columbia/Philippines/India/etc.

TeMPOraL 9y ago
Reminds me of x.ai. Didn't it turn out that the "AI assistant" is actually made of humans?
- dmortensen 9y ago
  No! :) *we do continue to label data though and will probably have a large "AI Trainer" staff in place for any NEW skill we want Amy to have in the future.
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Sorry :). This was the story I was referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11520681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11520681. Was it false, or did things change in the past year?

gene-h 9y ago

" so our robots are initially being controlled from Colombia." There was a sci-fi movie about that[0]. In short a wall gets built between the US and Mexico, and telerobots controlled by workers in Mexico start being used for the jobs normally performed by migrant workers. That being said there are some interesting legal issues with telerobots. Currently, most laws we have presume the person performing the crime is physically present. For example, in the unlikely event that one of these robots injures someone or causes property damage who exactly is held liable? Another interesting case is if an evil set of Berkeley engineering students in desperate need of robot parts for a project, pays the driver of one of these robots to disable tracking and drive it to a secret robot chop-shop. Supposedly, the penalties for the evil Berkely engineering students can be less than if they went out and kidnapped the robot, because the company allowed and trusted the worker with access to the robot. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dealer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Dealer

famil 9y ago
Sci-Fi Short about telerobots controlled by gamers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXX0TRtg5Vk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXX0TRtg5Vk