Robert Playter
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first heard Apr 2023
last heard Apr 2023
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And so, yeah, maybe we'll be able to build a smaller spot with an arm that could really go get your beer for you.
But there's things we need to figure out still.
How to safely, really safely, if you're going to be interacting with children, you better be safe.
And right now we count on a little bit of standoff distance between the robot and people so that you don't pinch a finger in the robot.
So you've got a lot of things you need to go solve before you jump to that consumer level product.
That may be true, but I also think the variety of things a consumer-level robot would be expected to do will also be quite broad.
They're going to want to get the beer and know the difference between the beer and a Coca-Cola or my snack.
They're all going to want you to clean up the dishes from the table without breaking them.
Those are pretty complex tasks.
And so there's still work to be done there.
No, it should not be disregarded.
robots that can somehow communicate through their physical gestures, you're gonna be more attached to in the long run.
Do you remember AIBO, the Sony AIBO?
They sold over 100,000 of those, maybe 150,000.
Probably wasn't considered a successful product for them.
They suspended that eventually, and then they brought it back, Sony brought it back.
And people definitely treated this as a pet, as a companion.
And I think that will come around again.
Will you get away without having any other utility?
Maybe in a world where we can really talk to our simple little pet because chat GPT or some other generative AI has made it possible for you to really talk in what seems like a meaningful way.
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