But, this is still just AI slop. Ultimately it's no more useful than generating silly meme pictures to post on Facebook. It's still worthless. It's one thing to be able to pull off pre-programmed and choreographed dances, and another to actually do something useful. When you watch any of these robots actually try to do something useful then it's clear that the companies still have a long way to go.

As impressive as these dances are, even a simple task like loading a dishwasher is going to be orders of magnitude more complicated to train.

[–] gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I bet those robots are nimble enough and strong enough to be used for rescue operations in natural disasters

[–] 1dalm@lemmings.world -3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I highly doubt they are robust enough to assist with rescue.

Didn't get me wrong, they are very impressive machines, but at best they are still just engineering experiments.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Both shows are real though and none of those are AI slop. You can find them here:

Or just search for the show in CCTV or the company Unitree Robotics in Youtube.

[–] 1dalm@lemmings.world -5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

No, it's still just AI slop. Even if the robot is physically moving it's still not doing anything useful. It's the physical equivalent of a slop picture.

[–] makeitwonderful@lemmy.today 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I think they can load a dish washer and fold the laundry today.

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[–] 1dalm@lemmings.world -5 points 9 hours ago

Both of those video were clearly choreographed and sped up. Ask yourself, why do they need to fake it? (Because they are all competing for VC investment that they desperately need to continue development.)

Find any one of these companies that released a video with a reporter present and you will see the real capabilities of these robots.

[–] allende2001@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Even if the robot is physically moving it’s still not doing anything useful.

Have you ever heard of industrial robots and their (contemporary) applications in the 2010s or even earlier?

[–] 1dalm@lemmings.world -4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Yes. Industrial robots are designed and programmed to do exactly one single useful thing very well. These are not industrial robots. The promise of these humanoid robots is that they will one day be generalist robots. That they will be able to do any task a human can do. That's a very very different engineering problem to solve then current single task industrial robots.

As it stands right now, these robots, even the ones depicted in this video, can do exactly zero useful tasks. The only function they can serve is novelty entertainment. Just like AI slop. And just like AI slop, the novelty will wear off really quick.

[–] allende2001@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 12 hours ago

As it stands right now, these robots, even the ones depicted in this video, can do exactly zero useful tasks. The only function they can serve is novelty entertainment. Just like AI slop. And just like AI slop, the novelty will wear off really quick.

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[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 12 hours ago

So remote-control model cars and airplanes are the original AI slop? Just trying to following your train of thought to its conclusion.