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AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC (www.bbc.com)
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I'm not an AI techie and I'm not well educated on LLMs/AI in general. The issue I'm having is the dichotomy between how people talk about it. I've heard completely opposite ends of the spectrum. From AI is quickly becoming advanced enough to threaten human society, all the way to its a glorified dictionary/search engine that can't really do much of anything. I know Lemmy has a steep anti-AI slant. But, can someone talk about this in a way I can wrap my head around why the divide seems so big?

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[–] 1 point 6 days ago (5 children)

Even though you comment seems reasonable first view, I have the impression you have a rather theoretical knowledge.

I work with both kinds of robots and it will work and take jobs. I assume the timeline at about 2-3 years for first bigger roll outs.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    I'm citing actual real trials, how is that theoretical knowledge. Please explain how a humanoid robot is actually any use? Because I fail to see it. Your timeline seems very optimistic, given there are currently only very tentative trial projects and they aren't a big success as of yet. But somehow in 2-3 years there would be a big rollout?

    As for your job, I've been an embedded systems engineer for over 25 years now, it's what I have my degree in and have worked in. I'm usually more on the software side, but have in the past been a lead designer on fully automated manufacturing lines. Including the physical layout, electrical, all of the conveyers and robot/fixtures and of course the software. I've never worked in automotive, but I do know a lot about automation of industrial processes. These days I'm no longer involved in design, but instead fully on the software side. But I do know automation and I do know robots. And to me the whole concept of humanoid robots is fancy marketing to get investor money, not an actual serious solution to parts of industrial processes that are hard to automate.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    Fraction of costs for deployment (no heavy safety, no design phase, less weight and momentum), overall costs, different gripper, train a new use case in around 4,000 hrs video material.

    Think of it as a progression of collaborative robots such as cobot Sawyer. And for most new use case, you don’t need millimeter accuracy, high payload or speed to answer your potential remarks.

    It most likely will move into a sort of dual-arm humanoid for stationary use cases (such as Jaka K1). Mobile will likely specialize to fit use cases (wheel, legs)

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