Yes, lets replace some actually useless jobs, middle management! and “Senior leadership teams”
pureflames7 on
100,000 humanoid robots? that’s wild. welcome to the future, where machines are becoming the new workforce. let’s see how this unfolds.
sinkmyteethin on
Summary:
* Figure AI CEO (leading robot manufacturer $750M in backing) said they found a 2nd large customer and he sees them shipping 100k robots in the next 4 years. They also broke down their partnership with OpenAI. In the v1 of the robot, the used ChatGPT but apparently now they have a native solution.
YsoL8 on
2030 starts to feel optimistic for the beginning of historic disruption to employment.
Something I’ve been seriously thinking of recently is just how automated the first return to the moon mission will end up being. Pretty much everything down to the surface will already be automated, the ship is probably going to have an onboard AI somewhat similar to a stereotypical scifi ships computer for stuff like problem shooting. By the time any mission is ready to go it seems very likely there will be drones on board for practically all mission tasks.
It comes to a point where it feels like the Human crew is simply there for the ride and to watch the automation, ala the Culture and specifically the Scree class vessel. And when the world sees that the question then is, why are we bothering with the Human part? It will be the obvious weak link.
Tha_Watcher on
Hmmm…maybe Blade Runner 2049 will come true after all.
Spara-Extreme on
Has anyone seen these things operate without being connected to a power source for any extended amount of time?
Zuli_Muli on
I’ve seen the video of Atlas sequencing parts, it’s painfully slow. Yes I get that a robot doesn’t take breaks and can run continuously but the plant doesn’t our plant runs two 8 hour (30 min unpaid lunch) shifts with a 2 hour gap in between and 5 hours between end of 2nd and start of 1st. And yes you could vastly increase the floor area that we use for sequencing parts so the robots could get ahead, and increase the material handlers and their hours to now sit around and wait for robots to fill sequencing racks between shifts… Till they can do the jobs online like routing wiring harnesses through the car, installing parts into the car with the same or less quality issues as a human and taking the human element out completely so a factory can run with minimal maintenance staff and robot techs then building/remodeling factories around them won’t be practical.
seamustheseagull on
No they won’t.
This PR came out last week.
Figure signed a contract with a second client. This client did not place an order for 100k robots.
The Figure CEO basically said he hopes that their two customers will order 100k robots between them.
No orders are placed, nothing is happening. It’s pure vapour ware, designed to attract investors.
thegoldengoober on
And I suppose there going to be dancing their way into the workforce? Because that seems to be all they can show them doing.
I’ll believe it when they start showing these robots doing actual work, and not just very specific tasks lined up and optimized for their particular way of operating.
Klumber on
Breaking news: 100k robots entered the workforce decades ago.
FX_King_2021 on
Current robots are gimmicks; we still have at least five years until they become somewhat useful.
Nelson1352 on
So they can pick up empty boxes and stumble around. No
yesnomaybenotso on
Just a heads up to any employers out there: if I ever end up working next to one, I’m pushing it over. Fuck your investment.
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Yes, lets replace some actually useless jobs, middle management! and “Senior leadership teams”
100,000 humanoid robots? that’s wild. welcome to the future, where machines are becoming the new workforce. let’s see how this unfolds.
Summary:
* Figure AI CEO (leading robot manufacturer $750M in backing) said they found a 2nd large customer and he sees them shipping 100k robots in the next 4 years. They also broke down their partnership with OpenAI. In the v1 of the robot, the used ChatGPT but apparently now they have a native solution.
2030 starts to feel optimistic for the beginning of historic disruption to employment.
Something I’ve been seriously thinking of recently is just how automated the first return to the moon mission will end up being. Pretty much everything down to the surface will already be automated, the ship is probably going to have an onboard AI somewhat similar to a stereotypical scifi ships computer for stuff like problem shooting. By the time any mission is ready to go it seems very likely there will be drones on board for practically all mission tasks.
It comes to a point where it feels like the Human crew is simply there for the ride and to watch the automation, ala the Culture and specifically the Scree class vessel. And when the world sees that the question then is, why are we bothering with the Human part? It will be the obvious weak link.
Hmmm…maybe Blade Runner 2049 will come true after all.
Has anyone seen these things operate without being connected to a power source for any extended amount of time?
I’ve seen the video of Atlas sequencing parts, it’s painfully slow. Yes I get that a robot doesn’t take breaks and can run continuously but the plant doesn’t our plant runs two 8 hour (30 min unpaid lunch) shifts with a 2 hour gap in between and 5 hours between end of 2nd and start of 1st. And yes you could vastly increase the floor area that we use for sequencing parts so the robots could get ahead, and increase the material handlers and their hours to now sit around and wait for robots to fill sequencing racks between shifts… Till they can do the jobs online like routing wiring harnesses through the car, installing parts into the car with the same or less quality issues as a human and taking the human element out completely so a factory can run with minimal maintenance staff and robot techs then building/remodeling factories around them won’t be practical.
No they won’t.
This PR came out last week.
Figure signed a contract with a second client. This client did not place an order for 100k robots.
The Figure CEO basically said he hopes that their two customers will order 100k robots between them.
No orders are placed, nothing is happening. It’s pure vapour ware, designed to attract investors.
And I suppose there going to be dancing their way into the workforce? Because that seems to be all they can show them doing.
I’ll believe it when they start showing these robots doing actual work, and not just very specific tasks lined up and optimized for their particular way of operating.
Breaking news: 100k robots entered the workforce decades ago.
Current robots are gimmicks; we still have at least five years until they become somewhat useful.
So they can pick up empty boxes and stumble around. No
Just a heads up to any employers out there: if I ever end up working next to one, I’m pushing it over. Fuck your investment.