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NanditoPapa t1_jar2x5h wrote

Reply to comment by gantork in Figure: One robot for every human on the planet. by GodOfThunder101

The assembly line comment was just to show one example of how parts of the human form can be modified and perfected to do different jobs. Suction cups are better than fingers when manipulating glass, for instance.

The people upvoting you and downvoting me are limited in their thinking. They don't understand how tentacles, suction, or piezoelectric malleable metals that can change form based on protein expression (https://gizmodo.com/liquid-metal-robot-real-shape-shifting-terminator-2-t2-1850019628) are going to change robotics. They only think in terms of what has been in the past or what they imagine as perfection...the human form.

But it's OK, I'm used to people being a step or two behind me...

Edit: I hope people understand the last part of my comment is intended as being cheeky, not serious

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challengethegods t1_jargdhp wrote

>I'm used to people being a step or two behind me...

then prepare to step outside your comfort zone because completely independent of the raw utility of any form the simple fact is that people will be universally more accepting towards humanoid robots than they will be towards a matrix sentinel floating tentacle machine completely alien to them, for example. The entire point of the teslabots is mass-production to have them everywhere. A middleground between looking somewhat harmless/acceptable and having some level of industrial capacity that can be taken seriously makes complete sense if the goal is to have them be as prevalent as cars, while even more "social acceptance" would be derived from cuteness and neoteny as anyone in japan could already tell you.

Trying to debate against "a human crafted world being designed for human form" is not even worth mentioning because it's so painfully obvious, but to your credit I agree with the premise that robotics in general is and has been capable of plenty more than what's implied by the claims of these things being "unattainable". The language used in talking about their company is very fluffy as if they're unveiling the one-and-only-robot which is kinda silly, and I think we're probably on the same page that this kind of "worker-droid" is not even remotely close to the upper bound of what is actually possible, I just think it makes sense that everyone would have some kinda pseudo-generic humanbot walking around trying to integrate into society rather than mechaCthulhu or w/e.

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TheAnonFeels t1_jas7t1o wrote

I think the issue there arises when you have to train a new AI to use suction cups instead of one that knows how to manipulate it's hands for any task... Like holding on to suction cups.

Purpose built robots require more labor and training than designing one that can do nearly everything, you also got a much larger market.

Also, just being cheeky here, but

>The people upvoting you and downvoting me are limited in their thinking.

doesn't sound like cheeky, it sounds like condescending and arrogance.

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