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If we are thinking about world models and embodied AI as the next big wave, I feel we need to factor the size of this market across military and civilian applic
by inshard 11mo ago
If we are thinking about world models and embodied AI as the next big wave, I feel we need to factor the size of this market across military and civilian applications. When I hear Tesla AI4-6 plans for autonomous driving and Optimus, Apple’s home robot, and many such initiatives, I’m also thinking of an autonomous military drone arms race and autonomous space exploration and moon colonization. Edge compute will be a key innovation and I feel Apple is gonna be best placed to exploit their power efficient M-series architectures.
- Zigurd 11mo agoBattlefield robots already exist. They just don't look like you and me. And mostly they fly. That word "embodied"is a broad hint at misunderstanding. Robot surgeons don't stand on humanoid feet next to the operating table, and they don't have humanoid "hands." Boston Dynamics has had humanoid robots doing parkour for years now and nobody needs a robot to do parkour. This was also a hint.
- inshard 11mo agoDo we need to distinguish between Atlas, the control theory based humanoid tech stack vs say Optimus that may run on an end-2-end visual reasoning world model? I feel these are two different paradigms. Same for military drones. The next gen prototypes may have launch-and-forget levels of autonomy, however ethically questionable.
- Zigurd 11mo agoIsn't Optimus the robot made by that guy who thinks it's going to be a "fantastic surgeon?"
- diamond559 11mo agoHumanoid robots are a joke to pump stocks. Don't fall for the hype.