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Robotics & AI

Advancing General Purpose Robotics: The Impact of Generative AI

Given the frequency with which their developers toss around the phrase “general purpose humanoids,” more attention ought to be paid to the first bit. After decades of single purpose systems, the jump to more generalized systems will be a big one. The use of generative AI in robotics has been a white-hot subject recently, as well. One of the biggest challenges on the road to general purpose systems is training. The proliferation of multi-purpose systems would take the industry a step closer to general purpose dream.

Max Chen
June 12, 2024

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“Climate Change Study Predicts Texans Could Lose Over a Month of Outdoor Leisure by 2080, According to MIT Research Tool”

Climate change. The UK will be even better off, gaining 40 outdoor days by the end of the century. Illinois will lose more than a month of outdoor days by the 2080s as the summers grow unbearably hot. Nigeria’s summers will grow even hotter and longer, lopping off nearly two months of outdoor days. Both Nigeria and India would only lose one month of outdoor days, and more northerly regions retain some of their added outdoor days.

Zara Khan
March 30, 2024

Robotics & AI

“AI’s Impact on Employment: The Surprising Findings from a Recent MIT CSAIL Investigation”

Will AI automate human jobs, and — if so — which jobs and when? “Like much of the recent research, we find significant potential for AI to automate tasks,” Thompson told TechCrunch in an email interview. In conducting this study, the researchers surveyed workers to understand what an AI system would have to accomplish, task-wise, to fully replace their jobs. maintaining an AI system) that didn’t exist before. For AI researchers and developers, this work points to the importance of decreasing the costs of AI deployments and of increasing the scope of how they can be deployed.