The ancientJewish mysticism of Kabbalah, which finds deep meaning in sequences of letters and numbers, resonates in generative #AI like #ChatGPT, robots and DNA coding.
“Like the golem, robots, androids and even AI are powered with recombinations of elemental units. Instead of Hebrew letters, the units are ones and zeros. In both instances, the specific permutation makes all the difference.”
"As the internet quickly fills with viral videos of futuristic robots darting and racing around like the animals they're built to mimic, Duke researchers say that there's an element of their movement's programming that should not be overlooked: rhythm." -- #DukeUniversity
A science fiction/science fact review of Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove, the fictionalized version of the Hughes Glomar Explorer expedition 50 years before the OceanGate Titan tragedy....
Amazon is introducing humanoid robots in its U.S. warehouses in what the company describes as a move about "freeing employees up to better deliver for our customers." But what will they be "freeing" them up to do? The BBC reports:
The Doc Ock suit is real because we must construct our own demise. Also, Twitter's traffic is hella down, the US Speaker situation deepens, Biden wants $105 Billion for war, and a fancy building opened up.
Finally picked up ACE again and started doing some powered motion tests. The mechanisms seem fine, but wow are these motors weak. Gonna see what I can do about that.
Translated: Chipotle is relentlessly testing technologies designed explicitly to replace as many human workers as possible, and to terrorize our remaining workforce into obedience and fear of unionizing, or complaining about pay, benefits, or conditions.
In the first episode of the brand new season, @claireasher chats to Dr. Sara Adela Abad Guaman from University College London about adaptable robots inspired by nature.
Dan from @DanMakesThings is a complete beginner when it comes to #robotics, but he managed to build this super smart bipedal friend, which includes custom PCBs.
Motion sensors let the robot detect someone’s presence and spring into action. This feature also saves energy, as the #robot goes into power-saving mode when nobody is around. It possesses face detection and speech recognition skills too, allowing for smarter interactions with humans.
Robots for deep-sea recovery missions in sci-fi and reality (robohub.org)
A science fiction/science fact review of Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove, the fictionalized version of the Hughes Glomar Explorer expedition 50 years before the OceanGate Titan tragedy....
VFX Experts Fail To Recognize Practical Robots In Overlooked Sci-Fi Movie (screenrant.com)
VFX artists look at the robots in Automata. Read, learn, argue
The robot wolves trying to scare off Japan's bears (www.bbc.com)
A howling 'monster wolf' is scaring wild bears away from the city of Takikawa.
The NYPD is deploying a 420-pound robocop to roam Times Square's subway station (gothamist.com)
A 420-pound, 5-foot-2 robocop with a giant camera for a face will begin patrolling the Times Square subway station overnight, the NYPD has announced.
NYPD to Deploy Robot Cop to Times Square Subway Station (themessenger.com)
The mayor says they are paying less per hour than the city's minimum wage to lease the robot