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points by embedding-shape 4 days ago | 0 comments

> The desire for humanoid robots is purely aesthetic and almost certainly suboptimal

Based on what? Do you think humans evolved into what we are based purely on aesthetic? Of course it may be suboptimal, but given enough time and ingenuity, so could literally everything be. Not sure that should stop anyone.

[–] victorbjorklund 4 days ago

Humans are def not designed optimally to live and work in a modern house or office. Don’t confuse “survived better than other animals in the Savannah 200 000 years ago” with modern env.

[–] embedding-shape 4 days ago

> Humans are def not designed optimally to live and work in a modern house or office

Agreed, those were designed by humans (mostly) for humans. I don't think we as a species "adapt to things" so much anymore, and instead we adapt our environment to us.

[–] Jtarii 4 days ago

>Do you think humans evolved into what we are based purely on aesthetic

A modern house is a very different environment to the savannas of Africa.