I’m surprised nobody has mentioned object recognition. There’s lots of reasons why robots aren’t currently picking up trash across every beach in America 24 ho

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned object recognition. There’s lots of reasons why robots aren’t currently picking up trash across every beach in America 24 hours a day. Or cooking for you whenever you want. One of them is the inability to identify objects the way humans do. But it’s getting better. Slowly. There’s no fundamental wall that’s been hit yet. Think about that for a moment. Let it simmer. Think about cameras that can identify humans and structures. Roombas that can identify cats and walls before it hits them. Think about all the work that can suddenly be automated because object representation hits an inflection point. It’s going to change humanity. The story of our species. It’s going to be a perennial wonder.