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Obvious Business Opportunities

In My Tribe • 425 implied HN points • 09 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Software Customer Support Robots AI
  1. Addressing technical debt in outdated software systems is a significant business opportunity, especially using new pattern-matching models to optimize and secure old software.
  2. Leveraging large language models (LLMs) for customer support improvement and developing efficient back-office apps for various sectors presents lucrative business prospects.
  3. Special-purpose robots tailored for specific tasks like security or medical procedures offer practical business opportunities compared to humanoid robots.

LLM Links, 2/15

In My Tribe • 182 implied HN points • 15 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Robots Software Language Models
  1. Bill Gates supports building general-purpose humanoid robots capable of multiple tasks, modeling them after people.
  2. Mark McNeilly predicts that AI will seduce humans rather than destroy us, leading to a decline in human interaction.
  3. There is potential to use large language models for tasks like contract reviews in legal and financial sectors, but resistance to fully relying on AI in certain professions may persist.

DARK ÆON – Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity

SINGULARITY WEEKLY • 1847 implied HN points • 01 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Transhumanism Artificial Intelligence Genetic Engineering Robots
  1. Humanity is facing threats from digital intelligence and automation.
  2. The concept of transhumanism merges scientism, apocalyptic Christianity, and satanic hubris.
  3. There is a significant choice between humanity and a potential posthuman future.
  4. The decisions made today will impact the fate of our species.

Automation at BYD Factory

TP’s Substack • 13 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Automation Robots Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing
  1. China has seen a significant increase in the use of industrial robots, with over half of the world's installations by 2022.
  2. BYD, a prominent Chinese company, has highly automated factories with impressive features like 97% automation and self-developed tire grabbing machines.
  3. Embracing Industry 4.0 and automation, BYD factories showcase advanced technologies like robots for assembly, painting, and welding, achieving high levels of efficiency and productivity.
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DeepMind's 3D Gaming AI, Pixel 9's Tensor G4 Chipset, Covariant's Robot Revolution, & More

HackerPulse Dispatch • 8 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Robots Smartphones Funding Research
  1. Google DeepMind introduced SIMA, an AI agent trained in multiple video games capable of following natural-language instructions, showcasing the potential for adaptable AI systems.
  2. Covariant unveiled RFM-1, an AI platform enabling robots to comprehend language and make decisions, promising advancements in robotic cognition for various industries.
  3. Google's upcoming Pixel 9 series will feature the Tensor G4 chipset, enhancing user experience with improved heat and power management, aligning with Google's vertical integration goals.

Llama 3's Spotlight, Robots that Groove, Google's Gemini Timeout, & 2 other Stories

ppdispatch • 8 implied HN points • 01 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Robots Text generation
  1. Google faced a controversy with its image-generating AI model, Gemini, highlighting the importance of responsible AI development and oversight.
  2. Mistral AI introduced Mistral Large, a powerful text generation model with multilingual capabilities, partnering with Microsoft for integration.
  3. Apple has canceled its long-term electric car project, redirecting focus to advancing AI capabilities, while Meta is set to launch Llama 3, a refined language model that handles controversial queries.

Incident Post-Mortem: Backdoor exposed in popular sex robot operating system leaves millions of men sexless.

Davidovits! • 1 HN point • 05 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Security Engineering Software Authentication Robots
  1. An unintended vulnerability in a core library led to widespread sexbot malfunctions.
  2. Prolonged eye contact was found to reduce startup time for older users and increase customer satisfaction.
  3. The incident post-mortem revealed a critical backdoor compromise that affected millions of sex robot users.

Delivering a Revamped Mailbox

Splitting Infinity • 19 implied HN points • 28 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Automation Robots Shipping Supply Chain Innovation
  1. Automation of the supply chain is crucial for lowering shipping costs and reaching more people at a lower cost.
  2. Innovative mailboxes can revolutionize how goods are delivered, making it bidirectional and enabling easier access to global markets for home producers.
  3. Automated mailboxes have the potential to streamline product returns, recycling, and extend the sharing economy to every household item.

Evaluating UX in robots

UX Psychology • 39 implied HN points • 11 Nov 22
🕹 Technology UX Robots
  1. Robots are being increasingly utilized, especially in response to crises like the pandemic, where they help in multiple ways from monitoring patients to making deliveries.
  2. When evaluating social robots for usability, methodologies include using textual descriptions, video demonstrations, live interactions, and the Wizard of Oz method.
  3. Evaluation dimensions in social robot studies cover utilitarian aspects like ease of use, emotional appeal, and trust, with methods like questionnaires, interviews, biometrics, and video analysis.

New Week #118

New World Same Humans • 17 implied HN points • 07 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI Workforce Finance Robots Innovation
  1. Meta introduced a new AI model for image segmentation, paving the way for advances in machine vision applications.
  2. Japan is facing a significant labor shortage, with a forecast of 11 million fewer workers by 2040 due to an aging population.
  3. Bloomberg unveiled a large language model specialized for finance, showcasing the power of domain-specific AI models for unlocking insights from vast amounts of data.

Archetypes for AI

ML in Practice • 0 implied HN points • 11 Oct 23
🕹 Technology AI Robots Ethics Fiction Applications
  1. AI should enable humanity and not supersede it by interacting with us like empathy does.
  2. Archetypes for AI include AI overlords, companions or servants, and eye-level partners.
  3. Current AI lacks inner life and self-awareness, functioning more as subsystems or problem solvers.

We are ~100 watt biological machines

The Iteration Loop • 0 implied HN points • 05 Mar 24
🔬 Science Energy Population Automation Robots
  1. Fertility rates are dropping globally, with India being the only top 20 GDP country above 2.05 and potentially falling below 2 as wealth increases.
  2. Energy consumption is crucial for quality of life and sustainability. Clean, portable energy sources are needed for a better future.
  3. Humans consume around 100 watts of energy daily, with comparisons to common energy uses like electricity, gasoline, and jet fuel. Understanding energy consumption per capita highlights the disparity in energy usage between countries like the United States and Somalia.

Like it's 1990

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 06 Apr 16
🕹 Technology Internet Apps Social media Robots Livestream
  1. The Great EVE War was a massive conflict in a video game involving 50,000 players over two years, feeling strangely real to participants.
  2. PRIME, a new app, is showing promise in helping with schizophrenia based on positive results observed during early patient testing.
  3. There's a talent agency representing Internet-famous dogs, with one noteworthy pooch named Dory yet to be offered a job.

No room for the olds

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 24 Mar 14
🕹 Technology Ageism Government Robots Computers Data Tracking
  1. Eli Pariser founded a popular website and the team's success was due to clickbait headline strategies.
  2. Silicon Valley faces significant ageism issues, with workers in their late 20s resorting to plastic surgery to appear younger.
  3. Some government workers still use outdated manual paper-based systems for paperwork, showcasing a lack of modern efficiency.