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[–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Really cool, but I would never let one of these into my home. We've all seen "I, Robot", right? The only way I would even consider having one is if it ran on libre software.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Exactly and that's why open source community-run stuff needs to be explained to people so more people switch over. https://alternativeto.net/ and https://european-alternatives.org/ will help a ton for people to find more

    I've heard HuggingFace has made a couple open source robots not sure if they are libre fully but they seem interesting. A couple other projects are on YouTube too

    The more advanced ones are still not being done as open source though

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Really cool, but I would never let one of these into my home.

    These are not for home use, these are for strapping munitions on to kill people without soldiers with a conscience.

    Boston Dynamics was not ever set up to make dancing videos.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    Nice to see a robot that doesn't walk like it has shit its pants. 👍

    It was a smart move by Hyundai to buy Boston Dynamics.
    This demo compared to Tesla is way more impressive IMO, Tesla is nowhere near this sophistication in their design.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Stop calling your robots Atlas, they'll never be as cool as Atlas from Portal 2

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Where is the big bright beautiful tomorrow that we were promised?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Quite impressive, but not necessarily in a positive way. I especially get uneasy with the robot having 360 degree vision, turning its head 180 degrees, walking backwards towards me, and in the process rotating the rest of its body. I do appreciate them not trying to make it look like a human, nor treating it as one. Seeing the renders of groups of these clankers, especially with the knowledge of them being able to share their "intelligence", is frankly horrifying to me.

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