• vegeta@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    “ Tesla displayed its Optimus humanoid inside a clear box, motionless next to its cars.”

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        2 months ago

        Honestly I find it really hard to imagine a humanoid robot (at least without muscle induced mobility) maintaining an aircraft/plumbing and so on.

        I can imagine the use case. I don’t see this tech being anywhere close to maturity in this decade though. The amount of processing power would be CRAZY to deal with these tasks, no? Computer vision + motor skills. Add actual mobility to that. What would be the power source? Definitely not a battery! Would it be like a cable connected to a wall outlet or something?

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      2 months ago

      Running cost of a robot is far lower than the running cost of a human.

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          2 months ago

          That’s a terrible idea.

          Are we meant to be taxing excel and automated telephone exchanges, what about the printing press or solar panels?

          All those have lower running costs than industries they replaced that had more workers.

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    2 months ago

    Why would they name their robot after the second best autobot?

    Everyone knows Ultra Magnus is the best one.

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      2 months ago

      Dude I’d totally ride a C5 in 2024, that thing looks like it’s a perfect alternative to those scooters that are everywhere. At least now you could use lithium batteries and beefier motors instead of the garbage they had back then.

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        2 months ago

        Dude I’d totally ride a C5 in 2024

        Just get a recumbent e-bike and slap some paneling around it.

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        2 months ago

        With all the SUVs out there these days, I’d be worried about riding anything that low to the ground in 2024.

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    2 months ago

    Humanoid? The requirements were clear… maximize the number of guns. How many guns are required to pick apples from a tree? Well if you got 10 apples, surely 10 guns right?