Re:For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is What We Expected
by ciconia on Sunday October 02, 2022 @12:37AM
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> '…This means a future of abundance, a future where there is no poverty, where you can have whatever you want in terms of products and services. It really is a fundamental transformation of civilization as we know it.'
Re:For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is What We Expected
by dham on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:29AM
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I mean you can do both and we'll probably have to solve general intelligence to have "fully" autonomous driving anyway. If you just want good adaptive cruise control (what most people actually want) then a lot of manufacturers have that. (GM Cruise, Autopilot, OpenPilot, Kia's ACC)
Re:For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is What We Expected
by ricardobeat on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:28AM
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Just five years ago, a robot that operates on its own power and can pick up a box without losing balance was a technological marvel. Boston Dynamics does it, but notice it still uses industrial suction pads, not robotic hands, and as far as we’ve seen it doesn’t operate autonomously yet. For a project this young the Tesla Robot seems like an amazing achievement, but the goalposts are always shifting in the public eye.
Re:For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is What We Expected
by ricardobeat on Sunday October 02, 2022 @04:13PM
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Asimo never went beyond a tech demo. The few videos we have are either demonstrations, or in a lab setting (like James May's) where the robot is tethered. Its abilities were very basic, and it was never seen carrying a load other than a tray with paper cups.
Comparisons to Boston Dynamics' robots would be a bit more relevant, at least in terms of agility and dexterity.
Re:For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is What We Expected
by jakobnissen on Sunday October 02, 2022 @04:55AM
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At some point, we've got to accept that Elon Musk is either lying, or delusionally optimistic when he talks about his future products.
Whether he's talking about fully self-driving cars, mars expeditions, The Boring Company, Neuralink, Teslas cargo trucks, or now this robot, his promises have been wildly unrealistic.
Whether it's lying or optimism, we should just stop paying attention to what he claims his companies can do, and instead take seriously what they actually do.
Re:For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is What We Expected
by mrandish on Sunday October 02, 2022 @12:47PM
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> "delusionally optimistic"
Often, this is a necessary aspect of the entrepreneurial mindset. Necessary but not sufficient because the ability to curate ideas, organize resources, execute and deliver are also required.
Good for you, Elon. Meanwhile, back on earth...
― William Gibson
(runs)
Comparisons to Boston Dynamics' robots would be a bit more relevant, at least in terms of agility and dexterity.
Whether he's talking about fully self-driving cars, mars expeditions, The Boring Company, Neuralink, Teslas cargo trucks, or now this robot, his promises have been wildly unrealistic.
Whether it's lying or optimism, we should just stop paying attention to what he claims his companies can do, and instead take seriously what they actually do.
Often, this is a necessary aspect of the entrepreneurial mindset. Necessary but not sufficient because the ability to curate ideas, organize resources, execute and deliver are also required.