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Robots that learn
- HelloUsername 1y agoPrevious discussion 16-may-2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14350705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14350705
- echelon 1y agoThis needs a (2017).
- tregoning 1y agoThe logo in the hoodie is what made me realized it was old
- cyrux004 1y agoAgree ; got excited too soon. was listening to Kyle Vogt about his new bot company and he described that folding laundry is sort of a frontier problem for robotics and we are still many ways out from there. There's solution from physical intelligence and probably other companies; but they are still fairly complex and not as easily reproducible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXbrt_2Fvgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXbrt_2Fvgk Still looking for the LLM moment in robotics
- api 1y agoCon: a small chance it may take over the world and exterminate humanity. Pro: can fold my laundry. Sounds like a good deal to me.
- somethoughts 1y agohaha - yes - sometimes when you look at all the Web 2.0 and beyond startups, all of the startups seems to be at least original founded to solve problems single people think need solving: * finding good looking people in college * sending dm's to other people * carpooling with strangers * crashing on strangers couches * getting takeout delivered * robots/drones that fight each other * the meta verse * the equivalent of digital beanie babies Meanwhile automation to help out with stuff like laundry, dishwashing, cooking home cooked meals, other household chores, helping the elderly, etc. remain untouched.
- echelon 1y ago> Meanwhile automation to help out with stuff like laundry, dishwashing, cooking home cooked meals, other household chores, helping the elderly, etc. remain untouched. The other things were easy.
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- iandanforth 1y agoMan I saw the Fetch with its busted up gripper plastics and shocked to think they hadn't mothballed it and that it still worked!
- thrhhifgjgg4677 1y agoI was going to say: ”this looks quite lame compared to stuff that's coming out these days” not then realized it's from 2017. A lot has changed in robotics since then...
- sneak 1y agoNow that OpenAI’s CPO has been sworn into the actual US Army, how long until they are sending the current improved versions of these things through basic training?
- upghost 1y agoFor a second I got excited that openai was actually doing cool stuff again.
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- yalogin 1y agoWell the whole video gives a 2000 era apocalypse scenario movie vibe. Is this just OpenAI trying to fit a square peg into a round hole? Do we really need general intelligence robots at this point? This is more poc than anything but still
- nashashmi 1y agoHow much is Boston dynamics worth ? Seems like that would have been a better deal than ive’s io.
- sorcerer-mar 1y agoBut sama didn't have an existing stake in Boston Dynamics?
- huem0n 1y agoIf your disappointed by this being from 2017, check out some actual recent advancements (June 17 2025) by a different company https://generalistai.com/blog.html https://generalistai.com/blog.html
- mingabunga 1y agoThat was amazing.
- wombatpm 1y agoI think the robot sorting Lego bricks has an attitude.
- pprunty 1y agofinally giving the white collar people a break i see...
- mikehollinger 1y ago(needs a tag to be 2017)
- torginus 1y agoYeah, here I was thinking there's something new coming out of OpenAI that's not another LLM/diffusion model.
- lasc4r 1y agoThey (AI Corp. Execs) seem to think LLMs will be central to AGI. They are the experts I guess, but I have my doubts.
- jagged-chisel 1y agoMy cynical side says "exec" and "expert" are mutually exclusive.
- stephc_int13 1y agoWhy did they (OpenAI) stopped showing robotics related progress and demos, this one is seven years old...