[shreezus]

AGI doesn’t need to be “solved” for humanoid robots to be valuable at scale. The role of teleoperation is often underestimated; in the near term, many humanoids will likely be operated remotely by people halfway across the world, performing deliveries and other tasks cheaply.

[lm28469]

Is that supposed to be something we want?

[hamdingers]

Maybe not you, but the millions of people at risk of being run over by a forklift or buried in a ditch probably find the idea appealing.

[lm28469]

We already pushed them into shittier and shittier jobs, what will it be next ? There is 0 overlap between people pushing for these bots and people who care about workers rights

[slaterbug]

Honestly, it sounds like it would be really funny to me.

[randomNumber7]

Like playing Call of Duty where you can respawn and the others dont?

[slaterbug]

Of course not, I just think the idea of little humanoid robots being controlled remotely, running around doing deliveries and such would be amusing.

The potential applications of this tech in war is concerning of course, but we don't have to allow that. And the more I've thought about it over time, I find the prospect of combat robots much less terrifying than the FPV drones we've been seeing used in Ukraine, or being obliterated by an unseen, unheard drone flying kilometers up in the sky before you even know what's happening.

[BriggyDwiggs42]

How does that increase efficiency (beyond not having to pay normal wages)

[dielotr]

There are plenty of jobs where 24/7 operation would be beneficial. Like a road paving crew, or a nighttime security guard. You can pay daytime wages for someone in another timezone.

[BriggyDwiggs42]

Valid actually, that would be pretty cool.