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Honestly I'm tired of people who are more focused on 'debunking the hype' than figuring out how to make things work. Yes, robotics is hard, and it's still hard

Honestly I'm tired of people who are more focused on 'debunking the hype' than figuring out how to make things work. Yes, robotics is hard, and it's still hard despite big breakthroughs in other parts of AI like computer vision and NLP. But deep learning is still the most promising avenue for general-purpose robots, and it's hard to imagine a way to handle the open-ended complexity of the real world other than learning. Just let them cook.

mitthrowaway2 2y ago
> If you want a more technical, serious (better) post with a solution oriented point to make, I’ll refer you to Eric Jang’s post [1] [1] https://evjang.com/2022/07/23/robotics-generative.html https://evjang.com/2022/07/23/robotics-generative.html
FloorEgg 2y ago
As someone on the sidelines of robotics who generally feels everything getting disrupted and at the precipice of major change, it's really helpful to have a clearer understanding of the actual challenge and how close we are to solving it. Anything that helps me make more accurate predictions will help me make better decisions about what problems I should be trying to solve and what skills I should be trying to develop.