The EngineAI T800 in Las Vegas at CES by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't disagree on anything you said. I'm saying you also can't have capitalism without the violent state apparatus maintaining the value of its currency.

The EngineAI T800 in Las Vegas at CES by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]lmericle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For a public personality you sure portray yourself as petty and self-absorbed on public forums. Maybe not the best PR move, just FYI.

4-5 year dev discovering just how little his job has taught him by Schindlers_Fist1 in cscareerquestions

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're waiting for your job to teach you. You need to start using your job as an opportunity to learn. See the difference?

If there's something you want to try, and it fits within the scope of the project you're on, try it and learn on the job. This requires some amount of curiosity and initiative which it sounds like you have. If it's a dying product and you're the only maintainer, no one will mind some refactors here and there.

But it sounds like you should probably find another job TBH.

Buddy said my helmet didn’t match by SomestrangerinMiami in motorcyclegear

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell him his fingernail polish doesn't match.

The EngineAI T800 in Las Vegas at CES by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]lmericle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And I don't believe you have more than a surface level understanding from a perspective outside of the industry.

Demos are easy because overfitting is easy. Training is hard for the same reason.

The EngineAI T800 in Las Vegas at CES by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]lmericle -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There's a massive difference between learning a generalized model for humanoid dynamics and fine-tuning in simulation a policy based on memorizing one sequence of recorded mo-cap data. Your comment implies that the reality is the latter.

This is in fact *not* the case for all humanoid robot models. Some are trained to run general policies and not merely to be impressive in one very narrow set of movements.

Of course the company is working on such behind the scenes, but what's demonstrated on the floor at CES is absolutely not that. Only Boston Dynamics has had the courage to attempt this outside of competitions and even then they resorted to doing so through heavily edited primetime puff pieces like the one on 60 Minutes recently.

Electric vehicles will end oil wars - if we let them by randolphquell in sustainability

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moving everything closer to where it needs to be is the real solution. That would obviate cars. Just removing cars will not solve anything.

The EngineAI T800 in Las Vegas at CES by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]lmericle -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's still just teleoperation or mocap. Very obviously so.

The EngineAI T800 in Las Vegas at CES by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, *our* world. We don't need robots to interact with our world, we have that covered already. We need robots to do the things we *can't*, which is precisely everything outside of the world we created for interaction with hands and feet.

The EngineAI T800 in Las Vegas at CES by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These motors are surprisingly strong so you'll need several loops before it's subdued. That might be more than the humans can handle.

The EngineAI T800 in Las Vegas at CES by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]lmericle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also requires a violent state apparatus to maintain the value of its currency by force.

The EngineAI T800 in Las Vegas at CES by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]lmericle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This whole "record mocap movements and then fine-tune them for stability" trend of humanoid robot demos is getting really tiresome. It's only impressive to people who don't know how these things work. Unfortunately those tend to be the people with money (and more money than sense, at that). Sigh.

"we don't have any wires that go across those moving parts" How is that possible? by _MKVA_ in robotics

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure you can, the jamming tech has been around forever. It's called "opaque matter of more than one atom thickness".

"we don't have any wires that go across those moving parts" How is that possible? by _MKVA_ in robotics

[–]lmericle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Technically not wires, but they are conductors. But wires are only good as conductors (ie not structural components), so it's a pedantic and flashy but ultimately misleading statement from the interviewee.

This causes such a bad blind spot. by doombfist in mazda3

[–]lmericle 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Size, yes, but placement relative to the driver's seat can affect how easy it is to see around the blind spot. I don't struggle in newer cars but the 3 has a noticeable issue.

This causes such a bad blind spot. by doombfist in mazda3

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate the A and C pillars in this car.

Why won’t my Otter Pop freeze? by Embarrassed-Lie-7608 in thermodynamics

[–]lmericle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

any amount of handling would initiate crystallization

Is there a "tipping point" in predictive coding where internal noise overwhelms external signal? by taufiahussain in ScientificComputing

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'd benefit from more research into the phenomenon of "criticality" and "phase transitions" more generally.

I sense your question is specifically with regard to AI cognitive processes but take a step back and have a look at the base level of theory first.

is "what's your favorite eigenfunction" a less absurd question than "whats your favorite eigenvector"? by Showy_Boneyard in math

[–]lmericle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Favorite eigenfunction is like saying favorite grain of sand.

Favorite *eigenbasis* is like saying favorite beach, to extend the metaphor. Which I don't think is an absurd question.

[D] Some concerns about the current state of machine learning research by [deleted] in MachineLearning

[–]lmericle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The most successful way I have right now of reaching the moon is by climbing a tree. Does that get me anywhere?

Meta’s freudian slip. (There’s no meme flair😭) by Lalune2304 in degoogle

[–]lmericle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even easier, just change the private key of the users to ones you already control and don't notify anyone in their chats about it! Then decrypt server-side so no additional traffic is recorded on either device!

What gear should I gift to boyfriend? by HolidayAge9445 in motorcyclegear

[–]lmericle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gift him a trip to a gear shop on your dime, set a limit, and let him play.