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points by KumaBear 4 days ago | 0 comments

Why humanoid though. I’d want the most efficient design to complete the task at hand. Even if the thing looks like a hybrid of an octopus meets Freddy Krueger

[–] app134 4 days ago

The world is already designed for the humanoid for factor. Instead of designing 1001 specialized robots, why not design one that can already use the stuff we have lying around?

[–] adrian_b 4 days ago

A robot can fit in environments designed for humans, while still being enhanced.

For instance with wheels on the legs (so that the legs are used only for stairs or for stepping over obstacles) and with at least 3 arms. Only 2 arms are frequently insufficient for many tasks, when you do not have a mate to help you.

[–] solyin 4 days ago

and no head with blinking eyes. A single 360° camera with a wiper blade, not to mention eyes on each hand if not finger. Although we're limited to thinking in single bodies. Maybe optimal is an 8 ft (2.5m) long tube with grippers on both ends, and they're just all coordinated together as one single being. Or maybe a Y shape. Actually, maybe a * shape. All legs. Hey, maybe that's why all the AI labs look like buttholes!

[–] whazor 4 days ago

I want a robot that can do the most amount of stuff with the least amount of moving parts.

Do robots really need legs? Wheels seem better.

[–] dyauspitr 4 days ago

The difference is, I want the most efficient design that can complete every physical task that I can. That design is probably humanoid.

[–] solyin 4 days ago

Bipedal with rollerblades, but probably more than 2 arms. Problem though is how do you get training data for that?

[–] schiffern 4 days ago

In non-murder tasks, humans are already obsolete. Our remaining economic value is solely alignment arbitrage, eg solving CAPTCHAs, murder, submitting 'human' papers, etc.

Given abliterated open models, Stringman is coming for our last remaining job!

[–] protocolture 4 days ago

>In non-murder tasks, humans are already obsolete.

I feel like this is nowhere near the case outside of the AI fantasy world.