[jwblackwell]

The upshot of this is that anyone will be able to order a couple of robot arms from China and then set them up in a garage, programming them with just text, like we do with LLMs now.

Time to think bigger.

[muzani]

"Time to think bigger."

I want to strap robot arms to paralyzed people so they could walk around, pick up stuff, and climb buildings with them.

[ethan_smith]

Climb buildings? ಠ_ಠ

[opwieurposiu]

Hopefully they invent some kind of sticky gripper instead of just smashing all the windows like Doctor Octopus.

[muzani]

Yes, sadly, not many places are wheelchair friendly.

[ur-whale]

> Climb buildings? ಠ_ಠ

Doc Oc style.

[mannycalavera42]

it's called revenge climbing :-)

[numba888]

you probably need robotic leg for walking. or better pony. but doing anything physically requires at least working torso.

[ddalex]

> programming them with just text

Isn't programming just text anyway ?

[dinkumthinkum]

I guess the question is where will they get the money to order those things?

[jwblackwell]

The cost of robotics is coming down, check out Unitree. A couple of robot arms would cost about the same as a minimum wageworker for 1 year right now. But of course they can go virtually 24/7 so likely 1/3rd the cost

[danans]

Not the OP, but I think you might have missed their point, which I think was: if robots take away people's jobs, how will said people afford robots.

[dzhiurgis]

Nobody is doing house chores for me or remaining 99% of population...

[hskalin]

You sure about the 99%? A lot of middle class people in developing countries have part time house help

[danans]

It's quite telling that these discussions often end up at conclusion that we are becoming a developing (or 3rd world) country again, and not Star Trek society.

[sumedh]

> remaining 99% of population...

Well in developing countries you can hire people to do house chores.

[zitsarethecure]

Long term, humans are redundant and their inefficiency is just something that will be factored out of the system.

[goatlover]

Weird, I thought the system existed for humans.

[krapp]

The system exists for capitalists, who are technically speaking humans.

At least until the autonomous corporations really take over.

[danavar]

Or put a few 6 axis arms on a track that goes throughout a home and have an instant home assistants

[jansan]

Those tracks could be at the ceiling. Imagine a robot arm in a kitchen that is dangling from the ceiling. It could be helping when needed and disappear in a cupboard after that.

[danavar]

exactly exactly - I already want to buy one lol.

[sottol]

> Time to think bigger.

Ehh, no need - just let the LLM figure out what to build in your garage.