It is creepy , BUT, we must always embrace and support technology and not fight it. Trust me I know, like short skis, I fought it for years and gave in.well, that actually kind of creepy.
Not sure I agree with "always", but this application is pretty cool.We must always embrace and support technology and not fight it.
Idk about that….Things tend to move fast nowadays, without any concern of the long term affects on society.It is creepy , BUT, we must always embrace and support technology and not fight it.
My reaction too - very frightening ... this could easily portend the beginning of the end of the human race.Hmmm....
Boston Dynamics plus facial recognition plus a weapons system. The technology exists. Not all actors with the resources to put this together are benign.
It's all fun and games until some-one uploads "our" face.
A few years ago I was at a gathering of food trucks and with one of them you put $5 into a slot, push a few selection buttons and a robot made you an ice cream sundae. I thought, this is what a $15/hr MacDonalds employee looks like.
I think we are leaving the industrial age/computer age and are on the cusp of start of the auto/robot age. I don't think self driving cars will take off but self flying cars will. The 3D advantage of flight will make collisions rare as once a flight path is entered, other flying vehicles easily avoid your flying car and each other.
Drone package deliveries come first.
Better, lighter, more efficient batteries will lead to auto pilot electric short flight duration aircraft. And with auto pilot battery electric choppers comes the eventual elimination of chairlifts at ski resorts (ok that one may be on the back burner for a while)
A few years ago I was at a gathering of food trucks and with one of them you put $5 into a slot, push a few selection buttons and a robot made you an ice cream sundae. I thought, this is what a $15/hr MacDonalds employee looks like.
yes let's use drones for "packages" if by package you mean fiery death!Drone package deliveries come first.
If they ever get "feelings", that is when we are in trouble, they will demand to be in the Olympics and stuff....Idk about that….Things tend to move fast nowadays, without any concern of the long term affects on society
Olympics and stuff....
I don't think self driving cars will take off
What I see as the biggest hindrance to self driving cars is being able to integrate with those non predictable, not paying attention human drivers.They angulate at the hips and can counter well.
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And elsewhere there's a good measure of knee angulation (via rotation, same as us).
Not sure I'm seeing much subtalar action. (Then again, could build in all the lateral knee angulation necessary.)
Be interesting to see how they handled being on skis. The learning algos may take time to get some competency.
Self driving cars are already taking off.
Note that bit about sharing learnings experiences and sim learning.
At some point the insurance companies will realise that human drivers cost them more. There will be that little checkbox on the premium renewal "Do you intend to self drive?". At which point the premium will jump massively, much worse than when we check the box that <25s will drive our cars.
Only a matter of time.
What I see as the biggest hindrance to self driving cars is being able to integrate with those non predictable, not paying attention human drivers.
That's exactly what I was thinking as I watched those videos.Notice how the knees are always somewhat bent. Never straight legs. Watch and learn.