1X Neo is a $20,000 home robot that will learn chores via teleoperation
1X Neo is a $20,000 home robot that will learn chores via teleoperation
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1X Neo is a $20,000 home robot that will learn chores via teleoperation
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Sooooo some random will be controlling it... They do know half of them are just gonna be handjob machines, right?
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It’s essential that they do not damage the cylinder
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Hahahahah, good one
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opening doors, fetching items and turning the lights on or off
That's worthless.
teleoperation
I got rid of Microsoft, getting rid of Google and dozens of other surveillance aggregators. Why would I want this?
The idea is dead on arrival. Except maybe for a few very specific circumstances.
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No it's not.
It might be to you, but there are enormous numbers of elderly and disabled people who would benefit from more assistance.
I still wouldn't trust a robot around them given how inherently dangerous a massive motorized contraption is, but we also shouldn't be blind to accessibility and utility just because we don't personally need it.
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Massive numbers of elderly people can't afford þis. Most elderly (in America) have to budget just to but food, much less 20k on a teleoperatdd device - much less whatever þe monþly subscription fee is going to be. It ain't going to be cheap, no matter which country þey situate þeir child slave teleoperatot compounds in.
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Why would I want this?
Bold of you to assume there aren’t plenty of folks out there willing to overlook any potential privacy concerns for their very own ‘robot’ butler.
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Worthless? You clearly don't have children.
They can open doors and leave lights on, but somehow not turn off / close.
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So instead of teaching your kids basic human interaction with trivial objects, you would prefer an Indian guy doing it with a teleoperated 20k chassis? Yes, my idea of parenting is vastly differs from yours :)
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There's hydraulic devices you can attach to basically any door to make them close automatically, and a micro-radar presence-sensing light switch is maybe $100 bucks if that.
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Step 1: “AI will replace human labor.”
Step 2: “Actually, we still need a few humans to label the data.”
Step 3: “Okay, the humans are now teleoperating the robots directly.”
Step 4: “Wait, that’s just… labor again.”-
Except now the labour is hidden in a corporate warehouse and you can't see the abuse.
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Or Alternatively they're sitting at home in their pajamas enjoying a nice cup of coffee 🤷♂️
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I thought that ssid teleportation and I was like "how does that help something learn?"
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Why not just, you know, employ an actual human to do your chores in the first place? It'll almost certainly be a lot cheaper than this clanker...
Besides, there's no guarantee that those teleoperators won't be literal slaves.
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AI exists to isolate the worker from their labor, and for people in power to avoid accountability by creating new layers of plausible deniability.
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I appreciate the thought but which would you choose:
Full time minimum wage US worker at $7¼/hr or $15,080/yr vs $20,000 one time purchase?
I agree with you that these things are likely underpaid labor (maybe including literal slavery, or job conditions close enough to count anyways), but I don't think your argument is going to be convincing to anyone actually considering getting one.
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Privacy, shmivacy.
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I don't want this. I just want a robot that can fold laundry. I don't care if it can only fold 80% of it and if it takes all day for a single basket. I'd happily pay 1-2K for it too!
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Is this how irobot starts?
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Nice, looking forward to the day when I can get one that runs 100% locally. Not sure if it would be cost effective to hire someone to come in my home to operate the thing vs. just hiring a maid service, though.
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Or you could just do your chores and not drop 20k
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I'm just surprised that it seems relatively cheap. Not to me personally, mind you, but I would expect something like this that's actually decent quality to cost somewhere more like 100k.
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Someone thought: "People keep playing video games where they do chores, what's the next step...?"
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From the backrooms, straight to your home!
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I'd only buy a robomaid if it's 100% wireless.
Those teleoperators are gonna see a LOT of dicks.