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I feel like I am seeing same stuff every year for like half a decade Self driving cars? Simulations? Robots? What's changed?

comeonbro 2y ago
You seem to have somehow missed one of the most significant advancements in human history suddenly exploding out of the pages of science fiction and fundamentally altering our existence forever. Minor oversight.
- mepian 2y ago
  Ah yes, a chat bot that is consistently failing to do such advanced tasks as counting letters in words is definitely life-changing, right next to the metaverse and NFTs.
  - davely 2y ago
    Pointing out this one error is reductive and greatly simplifies the profound effect that LLMs (and research around them) are having across a wide range of industries, unlike the metaverse and NFTs.
    - mepian 2y ago
      Does that effect exist outside of press releases and stock price manipulation?
      - tim333 2y ago
        In programming maybe? https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/computer-programming-jobs-lowest-1980-ai/ https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/computer-programming-jobs-low...
  - john_minsk 2y ago
    Metaverse is changing the world. Just as you could see in this presentation - Data centers are first being built as digital twins in Omniverse and later in real world. It is a profound change, but it will take time for significant number of digital twins being build. However digital twin is a CAPEX in a way. You build 3D model of your warehouse only once and then use it for years to manage operations, robots and everything else.
tim333 2y ago
It's all getting better though, especially the robots seem to be coming along. Compare the Disney robots at the end of 2024 and 2025 2040: https://youtu.be/Y2F8yisiS6E?t=6968 https://youtu.be/Y2F8yisiS6E?t=6968 2025: https://youtu.be/_waPvOwL9Z8?t=9042 https://youtu.be/_waPvOwL9Z8?t=9042
- lousken 2y ago
  I mean it's a cool demo, but it doesn't really show anything meaningful
  - john_minsk 2y ago
    It means that Disney, company which is a CGI/movie/cartoon producing company(Pixar created OpenUSD format) can use the same tools and make physical robot walk on stage. If the venue, where the presentation took place also has readily available 3D model made with OpenUSD in SimReady level of details, Pixar could just download this model to their cartoon tools and start training virtual model of the robot in the virtual model of the venue before the event and troubleshoot any issues with the program. Isn't it mindblowing?
  - tim333 2y ago
    Ah I had a typo. The vids are from 2024 and 2025. It seems to me the 2024 robots are quite clunky moving as you kind of expect from robots, whereas the 2025 one moves quite well with comparable dexterity to an animal. Which according to the talk is down to nvidia's new tech. I mean you see robots move like that in movies but I think it's the first time I've seen it in real life. Apparently they are going to put them in the Disney theme parks. It's significant in the scheme of things in that LLMs have got quite good at text chat but for AI do to real world things like build you a house or fix your car it's got to get good at physical robot stuff too.

comeonbro 2y ago

You seem to have somehow missed one of the most significant advancements in human history suddenly exploding out of the pages of science fiction and fundamentally altering our existence forever. Minor oversight.

mepian 2y ago
Ah yes, a chat bot that is consistently failing to do such advanced tasks as counting letters in words is definitely life-changing, right next to the metaverse and NFTs.
- davely 2y ago
  Pointing out this one error is reductive and greatly simplifies the profound effect that LLMs (and research around them) are having across a wide range of industries, unlike the metaverse and NFTs.
  - mepian 2y ago
    Does that effect exist outside of press releases and stock price manipulation?
    - tim333 2y ago
      In programming maybe? https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/computer-programming-jobs-lowest-1980-ai/ https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/computer-programming-jobs-low...
- john_minsk 2y ago
  Metaverse is changing the world. Just as you could see in this presentation - Data centers are first being built as digital twins in Omniverse and later in real world. It is a profound change, but it will take time for significant number of digital twins being build. However digital twin is a CAPEX in a way. You build 3D model of your warehouse only once and then use it for years to manage operations, robots and everything else.

tim333 2y ago

It's all getting better though, especially the robots seem to be coming along. Compare the Disney robots at the end of 2024 and 2025 2040: https://youtu.be/Y2F8yisiS6E?t=6968 https://youtu.be/Y2F8yisiS6E?t=6968 2025: https://youtu.be/_waPvOwL9Z8?t=9042 https://youtu.be/_waPvOwL9Z8?t=9042

lousken 2y ago
I mean it's a cool demo, but it doesn't really show anything meaningful
- john_minsk 2y ago
  It means that Disney, company which is a CGI/movie/cartoon producing company(Pixar created OpenUSD format) can use the same tools and make physical robot walk on stage. If the venue, where the presentation took place also has readily available 3D model made with OpenUSD in SimReady level of details, Pixar could just download this model to their cartoon tools and start training virtual model of the robot in the virtual model of the venue before the event and troubleshoot any issues with the program. Isn't it mindblowing?
- tim333 2y ago
  Ah I had a typo. The vids are from 2024 and 2025. It seems to me the 2024 robots are quite clunky moving as you kind of expect from robots, whereas the 2025 one moves quite well with comparable dexterity to an animal. Which according to the talk is down to nvidia's new tech. I mean you see robots move like that in movies but I think it's the first time I've seen it in real life. Apparently they are going to put them in the Disney theme parks. It's significant in the scheme of things in that LLMs have got quite good at text chat but for AI do to real world things like build you a house or fix your car it's got to get good at physical robot stuff too.