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That first video of the bot standing from the floor and turning towards the camera one joint at a time does something strange to the uncanny valley horror movi
by benjijay 2y ago
That first video of the bot standing from the floor and turning towards the camera one joint at a time does something strange to the uncanny valley horror movie part of my brain.
- kfarr 2y agoYeah that head design doesn’t help things
- TechDebtDevin 2y agoWell I think it's ironically mimicking The Exorcist or one of those movies so makes sense.
- WASDx 2y agoIt looks like CGI to me, the way to camera moves together with the depth of field and that things appear too shiny. They don't state anything about it so I don't know what to believe.
- porphyra 2y agoFunny how the ubiquity of AI generated artwork plus the shitty quality of phone videos has made people to think that "high quality + depth of field = fake". However if you look closely the robot does have scuffs and scratches on it so I think it's real.
- lancesells 2y agoI think it's real, but any good texture artist would include scuffs and scratches on the model.
- BobaFloutist 2y agoReminds me to how high framerate made (makes?) people think "Soap Opera", even though it's technically higher quality.
- porphyra 2y agoYeah lol I love all things that deliver more information to my eyes like higher resolution and framerate so I dislike it when people complain about high frame rate.
- bilsbie 2y agoI thought so too. The movement seems a little slowed down too and maybe too smooth.
- sashank_1509 2y agoAn incredible testament to Boston Dynamics Engineering that commentators think it’s CGI. I’m sure it’s real because BD never releases CGI and this looked real to me.
- barrenko 2y agoVideo games should have prepared you to better detect CGI.
- coayer 2y agoYou should watch Corridor Digital’s video about this: https://youtu.be/HQ1WEiMwV7Y https://youtu.be/HQ1WEiMwV7Y
- gmuslera 2y agoThe future T series will move much better, you won’t have a reason to be scared about.
- pbar 2y agoAh, quick and painless then
- lapetitejort 2y agoDepends if you have any useful info to them. Just a tip: they can sense your heartbeat and know when you are lying
- snewman 2y agoYes, very strong T-1000 vibes – the way it keeps reversing "front" and "back" almost feels like a deliberate reference to that moment in Terminator 2.
- ragebol 2y agoWas thinking if The Ring, but might be due to the head, straight after
- peppertree 2y agoThey have out-sci-fied any sci-fi robots I have ever seen.
- rcarmo 2y agoIt's as if Pixar's Luxo was all grown up.
- hinkley 2y agoIf Pixar did horror movies.
- jonathankoren 2y agoLuxo Jr got jacked.
- DarmokJalad1701 2y agoAt first look, it reminded me of the "Supervisor" robots from "Budget Cuts": https://budget-cuts.fandom.com/wiki/Supervisor https://budget-cuts.fandom.com/wiki/Supervisor
- pavon 2y agoThe full-face circular screen also reminded me of the robot from the Lost in Space 2018 remake. https://www.avforums.com/reviews/lost-in-space-season-1-tv-show-review.14838/ https://www.avforums.com/reviews/lost-in-space-season-1-tv-s...
- macrael 2y agoReminds me of The One Electronic from Rice Boy
- brisky 2y agoIt reminded me of Pathfinder from Apex Legends https://apexlegends.fandom.com/wiki/Pathfinder https://apexlegends.fandom.com/wiki/Pathfinder
- russellbeattie 2y agoAlways! It looks amazing in the video.. But of course Boston Dynamics chose the most disturbing way of demonstrating its movement capabilities, as usual. I swear they do it on purpose at this point. Good lord! Put some googly eyes on these things at least.
- sitkack 2y agoFunny, because Data (from Star Trek) mentions that his joints can move like that but he refrains because it disturbs humans.
- iandanforth 2y agoSource?
- sitkack 2y agoI believe it was in "The Arsenal of Freedom", the episode where an entire planet wipes themselves out with autonomous weapons.
- jonplackett 2y agoI am really confused by their intentions with this video. Are they trying to freak us out? If so, succeeded! But I would have thought they’d rather not have us experience atlas as some kind of freakish terminator mixed with the girl from the ring.
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- hanniabu 2y agoYup, in a decade or so it'll be impossible overthrow a tyrannical government and between stuff like this and surveillance there can be oppression without consequences
- slim 2y agoI think it's just still less capable than his hidraulic ancestor. so they did what they can for the video
- fennecbutt 2y agoPretty sure it's meant to show "these robots can perform movements that are impossible for a human" But the animal part of our brain that screams danger when we see this is just a byproduct of that. Anybody giving it real credence rather than just laughing it off should stop driving a car, travelling by air, talking to people on a phone, etc.
- jstmm 2y agoIt seems like a bad decision from the business side of things too. Having your employees freaked out about the new robots seems like a nonzero ding towards a company purchasing one.
- fennecbutt 2y agoPretty sure people acclimatise.
- mkl 2y agoI didn't get any horror movie vibes. I just thought "wow, that's neat!" and went back to watch it again.