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.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 -6 points 2 months 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.

[–] allende2001@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 -6 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[–] gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.