Marques Brownlee has put up a video about a US$20,000 robot. The company behind it claims it can do a whole range of household tasks 'through the power of AI', and will be delivered next year.
They even demonstrated a prototype to a journalist.
And the entire demonstration was being remotely controlled by a human operator.
And the company admits that, other than one or two simple tasks like opening a door, all tasks will be completed by a remote human operator. Those tasks will need to be scheduled in advance.
So.
Assuming this thing can be put into mass production, a huge if, it's basically a mechanical Turk.
Mark my words.
If this thing makes it to market, and that's a big if, the operators will be in a low-wage country.
It will almost exclusively be a way for rich white Americans to have human servants do their chores, without them being in their house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31dmodZ-5c
 #robot  #robotics  #Marques  #MarquesBrownlee  #ArtificialIntelligence  #VultureCapital  #AI  #tech  #technology
Marques Brownlee has put up a video about a US$20,000 robot. The company behind it claims it can do a whole range of household tasks 'through the power of AI', and will be delivered next year.
They even demonstrated a prototype to a journalist.
And the entire demonstration was being remotely controlled by a human operator.
And the company admits that, other than one or two simple tasks like opening a door, all tasks will be completed by a remote human operator. Those tasks will need to be scheduled in advance.
So.
Assuming this thing can be put into mass production, a huge if, it's basically a mechanical Turk.
Mark my words.
If this thing makes it to market, and that's a big if, the operators will be in a low-wage country.
It will almost exclusively be a way for rich white Americans to have human servants do their chores, without them being in their house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31dmodZ-5c
 #robot  #robotics  #Marques  #MarquesBrownlee  #ArtificialIntelligence  #VultureCapital  #AI  #tech  #technology
A Closer Look at Piezoelectric Crystal
https://www.samaterials.com/content/a-closer-look-at-stressed-piezo-crystals.html
#HackerNews #Piezoelectric #Crystals #Technology #Innovation #Science #Research
AMD Could Enter ARM Market with Sound Wave APU Built on TSMC 3nm Process
https://www.guru3d.com/story/amd-enters-arm-market-with-sound-wave-apu-built-on-tsmc-3nm-process/
#HackerNews #AMD #ARM #TSMC #3nm #APU #SoundWave #Technology
ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/ice-and-the-smartphone-panopticon
#HackerNews #ICE #Smartphone #Panopticon #Privacy #Surveillance #Technology
A Chinese research team has achieved a potential breakthrough in chipmaking, developing a method that reduces lithography defects by up to 99%.
Using cryo-electron tomography, they pinpointed the sources of manufacturing flaws. The solution is compatible with existing production lines for 12-inch wafers, promising significant cost savings for the global semiconductor industry.
Honda has suspended car production in Mexico on Tuesday. It is unclear when operations will resume. The suspension stems from a shortage of parts linked to tensions between the Netherlands and China over Nexperia, a Dutch semiconductor maker owned by Chinese investors.
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/automobiles/honda-halts-production-in-mexico-due-to-chip-shortage
When someone cites something from an "AI" chatbot as a fact, point them to this site:
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #tech #technology #BigTech #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Meta #Google #OpenAI #ChatGPT #online #Web #tips
when proprietary platforms ask me to fill in my details
Me:  
 
#opsec #cybersecurity #osint #privacy #anonymity #humor #vforvendetta #tech #technology #surveillance #advertising #ads
"Ask Bunnings AI"
How about fucking no?
#bunnings #AI #tech #technology #surveillance #surveillanceTech #LLMs
If a pilot ejects, what is the autopilot programmed to do? (2018)
#HackerNews #autopilot #aviation #eject #pilot #safety #technology
when proprietary platforms ask me to fill in my details
Me:  
 
#opsec #cybersecurity #osint #privacy #anonymity #humor #vforvendetta #tech #technology #surveillance #advertising #ads
The never-ending "We changed our Terms of Service" emails are so tiring.
Imagine those corporations being honest…
"We've changed our Terms of Service once again, and added more conditions that are beneficial to us and unfavorable to you, but as usual they're carefully hidden in the 500 pages of lawyer language."
#tech #technology #business #corporations #BigTech #TOS #enshittification
Falling panel prices lead to global solar boom, except for the US
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/theres-a-global-boom-in-solar-except-in-the-united-states/
#HackerNews #solarboom #solarenergy #renewableenergy #technology #ussolar #climatechange
ZOZO's Contact Solver (for physics-based simulations)
https://github.com/st-tech/ppf-contact-solver
#HackerNews #ZOZO #Contact #Solver #physics #simulations #simulation #technology #GitHub
U.S. immigration authorities are using smartphone facial recognition technology in the field to determine whether people are citizens, @404mediaco reports. Officers use an app called Mobile Fortify, which has a bank of 200M images and data from the State Department, CBP, FBI, and states as well as datasets relating to “individuals, vehicles, airplanes, vessels, addresses, phone numbers and firearms,” according to a memo viewed by 404's @josephcox. Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement: “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship — including a birth certificate — if the app says the person is an alien.
#Technology #Tech #ICE #USNews #TrumpAdministration #Immigration
When someone cites something from an "AI" chatbot as a fact, point them to this site:
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #tech #technology #BigTech #GenAI #generativeAI #AISlop #Meta #Google #OpenAI #ChatGPT #online #Web #tips
 
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
               
      
  
               
      
  
             
      
  
               
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
               
      
  
               
      
  
            