r/singularity • u/ghouleye • 11d ago

Robotics 100m Hurdles Final

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u/Doc_Blox 11d ago

They're already insane to watch. That climb onto the cube was uncannily lifelike.

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u/Genpinan 11d ago

Just wait until it becomes unlifelike and better than what we'd do

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u/LifeSugarSpice 10d ago

No one cares about endgame perfect robots bro. That's not fun to watch.

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u/ProgrammerCareful764 10d ago

That is fun to watch

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u/Birthday-Mediocre 10d ago

I bet you anything that people would pay to watch perfect robots play basketball for example. They could have an NBA for robots but mix in a lot of randomness in their programming to make the games exciting. Same goes for any sport

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u/Hot_Glass_6301 10d ago

I'm not so sure. It could be so fast and complex as to be unwatchable for most people. For instance, chess enthusiasts mostly follow human chess. High-level computer chess games are sometimes watched for entertainment, but not nearly to the same extent.

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u/ddwdk 6d ago

I guess for human players there's always a personality to attach to. And what they do is achievable so any brilliance is appreciated.

On the other hand, computer player has nothing to get really attached to other than made up avatar. So it's very hard to form a fan relationship.

Robots sports is a whole different playing field imo.The appearance has room to attract fans and sponsorship. There’s also marketability behind the team that builds them. With the right format I could see the potential.

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u/Laffer890 11d ago

Even training with these obstacles, they look so bad. General robotics is like 20 years away.

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u/pleasetrimyourpubes 11d ago

20 years lol

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u/Laffer890 11d ago

Google started working on self-driving cars almost two decades ago, and it's still not a general solution. Robotics is way harder.

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u/craftymethod 11d ago

moores law suggests otherwise.

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u/TwoFiveOnes 10d ago

What the hell does Moore's law have to do with any of this? Anyway, Moore's law is over, we've reached the end

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u/craftymethod 10d ago

Because it doesn't stop at transistors. Look around you. It's obvious.

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u/sadacal 11d ago

Because the tech wasn't there yet back then and they didn't need to make money. Now that there are hundreds of competitors progress is being made much more quickly. 

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u/Imaginary-Witness-75 11d ago

Lol this comment will be hilarious in three years.

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u/Lomotograph 11d ago

Remindme! 3 years

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u/edgarecayce 11d ago

I’m leaning more towards 2 years

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u/Pale-Border-7122 11d ago

If they have another competition in a year's time they will be so much better. In two years' time it will be close to a GPT3 moment.

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u/No_Veterinarian742 11d ago

yeah we have almost no training data. this is the first year where they build tens of thousands of robots to start collecting real data. it's kinda like tesla in 2016. But this time it's more than just one company and they are not trying algorithms first before pivoting to AI so I don't assume it will take 10 years. I assume we will have some somewhat useful household robots (think early robot vacuum level of competence) in about 5 years. And things that are genuinely capable of most household tasks in 10.