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Suolucidir t1_je89rgq wrote

We're all still fixated on AI, when that ship sailed a year ago or more. There was no turning back when open source models like BERT were widely prevalent. There's certainly no turning back now.

So we should focus on the next target: robotics.

AI will be ubiquitous, but only some people/countries will be able to give it physical robotic bodies to act on its intellect.

That's the next dominoe, and we may yet have runway to get a handle on its implications, if we can just move on regarding AI.

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SomeoneSomewhere1984 t1_jeaw7oo wrote

The base knowledge to build androids has been around a long time, we just didn't have the software for them to do anything interesting.

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Suolucidir t1_jebbj1y wrote

Yeah, the stuff that Boston Dynamics does on their completely transparent, public channels was already pretty crazy years ago. I am sure it's MUCH further along behind the scenes too.

When we're particularly talking about worker replacement, the job market, and class power shifts, the two things that I am not so sure are 100% dialed in are:

  1. Reliability, and associated risk, of on-the-job android behavior
  2. Affordability of android hardware

I think these two factors are going to have to be VERY polished for investors and C-suite executives to adopt androids in any meaningful, pervasive way.

I know I would need a LOT of internal testing and risk assessments to be completed before I released just 1 semi(or fully)-autonomous android into my warehouse, among real people and expensive product stock - and that's just 1 android. Doing it in multiple locations or in fleets of 10s or 100s or 1000s would only compound my reluctance.

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