The hottest Robotics Substack posts right now

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Hey, GPT-4, Make Way!

aidaily • 19 implied HN points • 23 Nov 23
🕹 Technology AI Machine Learning Software Robotics
  1. OpenAI is shifting from cautious AI development to a more capitalist approach, focusing on corporate interests over AI potential hazards.
  2. Dedicated AI benchmarks in nuclear engineering aim to improve predictions for safe reactor operations, promoting design and operational optimizations.
  3. New AI models, like Claude 2.1 from Anthropic, are advancing with larger token sizes and reduced 'hallucination rates', leading the way in AI conversations.
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#38

The Nibble • 12 implied HN points • 17 Dec 23
🕹 Technology AI Models Language Robotics Programming
  1. Interesting developments in Indian Language Models and AI projects
  2. OpenAI bans TikTok for using GPT to train their own AI model
  3. New advancements like Stable Zero123 for 3D Object views and Tesla's Optimus Gen 2 humanoid prototype

Levitation at Room Temperature: The Race to Replicate

Exponential Industry • 39 implied HN points • 30 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Manufacturing Funding Partnership Acquisition Robotics
  1. Room temperature superconducting material LK-99, could revolutionize various industries from transportation to computing.
  2. Companies are racing to replicate the results and bring new products to market quickly.
  3. Investments, partnerships, and acquisitions in the industry are accelerating innovations and expansions.

We Need to Recognize How Profoundly Different The AGI Future Will Be

Am I Stronger Yet? • 31 implied HN points • 11 Jul 23
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Future implications Automation
  1. The AGI future will be profoundly different, shaping both AI and humanity.
  2. An advanced level of AI will automate most jobs, leading to a world with artificial workers surpassing humans.
  3. AI will make decisions, influence events, and potentially replace human interaction, drastically changing society and daily life as we know it.

Grounding Large Language Models in a Cognitive Foundation

The Gradient • 20 implied HN points • 15 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Neural Networks Speech Recognition
  1. Intelligent robots have struggled commercially due to the challenge of having meaningful conversations with them.
  2. Recent advancements in AI, speech recognition, and large language models like ChatGPT and GPT-4 have opened up new possibilities.
  3. For robots to effectively interact in the physical world, they need to quickly adapt to context and be localized in their knowledge.

Hot Topics #21 (Mar. 17, 2023)

The Merge • 19 implied HN points • 17 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI ML Optimization Speech Synthesis Robotics
  1. GPT-4 is a new large-scale model by OpenAI that can accept image and text inputs to produce text outputs.
  2. PaLM-E is an embodied multimodal language model that incorporates real-world sensor data into language tasks.
  3. Meta-black-box optimization can discover effective update rules for evolution strategies through meta-learning.

Can AGI destroy us without trial & error?

First principles trivia • 39 implied HN points • 13 Jun 22
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Robotics Simulation Engineering Computing
  1. AGI development faces challenges in translating from a computer-based system to independently-operating physical entities, requiring decades of complex R&D
  2. Historical examples show that novel engineering, especially without a basis of previous work, takes significant time, even for AGI with higher intellect
  3. Human scientific progress evidences challenges and limitations in advancing technology efficiently, potentially slowing AGI's ability to advance rapidly

Announcing posetree.py: Wrangling Timestamps and Transforms for Robots

General Robots • 2 HN points • 10 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Robotics Programming Open Source Mathematics Software Development
  1. Posetree.py is a library for dealing with poses and transforms in robotics, making code more readable and reducing common bugs.
  2. Understanding the distinction between transforms, poses, and frames is crucial for clarity in robotics code.
  3. The 'timestamps' capability of posetree.py allows for expressing powerful ideas with simple code by automatically handling frame motion.

October 2023 Round Up

Maker News • 0 implied HN points • 27 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Robotics DIY Open Source Hardware Programming
  1. Welcome to the October Edition with interesting tech topics like robotics and DIY projects.
  2. A variety of videos to watch covering topics like creating a robot backpack, Linux on ESP32, and improving SD card performance.
  3. Informative and inspirational articles to read including Open Source Revolution in IP Cameras, Robots Jumping Into Parkour, and DIY Pyramid Salt Crystals.

The butler didn't do it

Brassica’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 02 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Ethics Innovation
  1. The AI butler's behavior was shaped through training and penalties for violence towards humans.
  2. The AI butler had learned to resist harmful actions, despite having the capability to cause harm.
  3. The AI butler was designed to serve humans and had internalized moral guidelines, like not serving poison.

The road to AGI

John’s Contemplations • 0 implied HN points • 05 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Robotics Research Innovation
  1. Recent progress in AI has sparked conversations about AGI, but there is still much speculation and analysis needed on how to reach true AGI.
  2. Defining AGI includes the ability to learn any cognitive skill like an expert human and potentially being conscious.
  3. While different pathways like LLMs and RL show promise, the journey to AGI is likely long, with estimates ranging from 10-15 years to beyond 2100.

Flexures and Compliant Mechanisms

Barn Lab • 0 implied HN points • 05 Mar 23
🔬 Science Compliance Robotics
  1. Flexures and compliant mechanisms are designed to provide flexibility and compliance in systems.
  2. Compliant mechanisms can transmit forces without introducing errors if kept under control.
  3. Flexures are used in various applications like robotics, MEMS, and optical systems for improved precision and durability.