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Very true. It would be great if these brights were working on important stuff like how to deal with plastics recycling and separation. Instead it’s about extrac
by spaetzleesser 6y ago
Very true. It would be great if these brights were working on important stuff like how to deal with plastics recycling and separation. Instead it’s about extracting as much as possible from existing tech.
It reminds me a little of the situation with journalism and news. We have less and less reporters collecting information but more and more websites and blogs that dissect and debate the same information.
- jdross 6y agoThere are infinite ways to retort this, but let’s go with the easiest and point to the company literally dealing with plastics recyling and separation that raised $55 million today https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/04/amp-robotics-raises-55-million-for-ai-that-picks-and-sorts-recyclables/ https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/04/amp-robotics-raises-55-mi...
- bmitc 6y ago> working on important stuff like how to deal with plastics recycling and separation Do you happen to have any helpful analysis, articles, companies, etc. along these lines? I have thought it would be a fun thing to work on, but I have struggled to know where to look and haven’t found anything particular in my searching.
- spaetzleesser 6y agoWhen you look at recycling facilities there are people sorting the trash that goes by them on conveyor belts. To automate this you need to somehow detect what the item is and then you need to be able to handle it. Seems like a great challenge for computer vision or other sensors and then robotics. Or have robots that can find trash in oceans or on beaches and remove it. This would be super useful but unfortunately our system rewards producing trash way more than removing or even better avoiding it.