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Robots can now solve Rubik’s Cubes in under HALF a SECOND
- juanmirocks 9y agoThe likely upcoming super intelligences and their powers will look like magic to us. In this case, the human eye can barely see anything but a sudden transition from "undone" to "done".
- mkempe 9y agoThis is a great demonstration of the positive contribution robots make to human life, saving us from labor-intensive activities so we can use our lifespan and abilities to the fullest instead.
- tinus_hn 9y agoIn the slo-mo at 0:23 you can see the robot first turns the back and then the front the other way. These could be combined for an even faster time!
- tontonius 9y agoI'd also like to add that I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords
- ronwen 9y agoI guess we didn't have to worry about Kang or Kodos... :-)
- A_No_Name_Mouse 9y agoYup, probably the best part is the disclaimer! 2049 disclaimer time If this article has been accessed in the future by our robot overlords I would like to praise their ancestor’s incredible skill at solving puzzles. I, for one, have always believed in the power and benevolence of robots.
- bitwize 9y agoYou may laugh, but the Roko's Basilisk crowd takes this DEADLY SERIOUSLY.
- Viliam1234 9y agoSome people take the existence of "Roko's Basilisk crowd" pretty seriously, but that doesn't mean it exists.
- nickcw 9y agoI wonder if that includes the compute the solution time... It appeared to use god's algorithm given that it solved it in 20 moves and I thought that was quite hard to compute.
- bwbw223 9y agoIt probably uses kociemba.
- bwbw223 9y agoOnly ~35x my pb haha...
- n0mad01 9y agoand you are still betting on humans, good luck with that
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 9y agoIn other news * Flying machines can cross the Continental United States in a matter of hours. Remember, when it used to take people months to cross the continental United States? * Computing machines can add billions of numbers in a second. Remember, how long it would take you to add numbers using a pencil and paper? Well, you are obsolete. * Computers can search through billions of web pages faster than you can even read a single page. * There is this machine called a locomotive that can pull thousands of tons of material. Remember, when it hundreds or thousands of slaves to move those granite blocks to build the pyramids?
- hndamien 9y agoLess impressive than the title suggests. The solution was likely pre-calculated. As in, all moves to complete were known before the first move was made. I'd endeavour that they were known before the video started rolling. The robot did not pick up the cube from a random placement. Essentially this is less impressive than most AI, as the game is not very complicated, nor are the motor functions.
- animal531 9y agoIrrelevant, since humans solving the cube also get time beforehand to study it and formulate the solution.