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China's Robotics: Why the CCP wants world-class humanoids by 2027
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoUnitree’s hardware is impressive. And I understand the applications of robotics to replace an aging population and how that can help their economy. But if China catches up on AI, the military applications of all these robotics companies will have horrifying effects on the world - for Taiwan but also Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, and regions under threat like Mongolia, India, etc. As a side note: what has Boston Dynamics actually achieved after all this time?
- ReptileMan 2y agoIn a way the age of killer robots has arrived. You can't put that cat back in the bag.
- maxglute 2y agoPRC industry chains is just so far ahead. Even if west leads in compute AI, many physical applications still need hard work of transforming atoms that takes decades of capex to build up. By then PRC compute would likely be at parity or ahead. Hard to see how west catches up in the building unless close gap by jumping straight to self replicating grey goo.