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by Onavo 533 days ago
You are forgetting that the "traditional" factory robots are the way they are because of software limitations. Now that the foundation models have mostly solved basic robotic limitations, there's going to be a lot more automation (and job layoffs). Your traditional factory robotics are dumb and mostly static. They are mostly robotic arms or other type of conveyor belt centric automation. The new generation of VLM enabled ones offers near-human levels of flexibility. Actual android type robotics will massively increase demand for GPUs, and this is not even accounting for non-heavy industry use cases in the service industry e.g. cleaning toilets, folding clothing at a hotel. They are already being done by telepresence, full AI automation is just the next step. Here's an example from a quick google:

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1h1i1z1/...