Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: OT: The Robots are coming. Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 15:21:44 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:21:43 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8716748950da0adc88867db0eb566f80"; logging-data="627604"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+//vwjTx6xq+qNHUHuLuCfTN9YGzqnLK8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:rMs0ibygYBkSy5ydzfkM6+ib+jU= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2063 On 12/9/2024 1:38 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote: > I know for many it's politically correct to crap on anything Elon Musk > is involved in these days, but its worth keeping up with his companies > accomplishments. > > Here's his robot, walking over uneven terrain, up and downhill, and > recovering from slips: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MwiLIIWd-k > > I admit it walks like a drunk, but the progress is remarkable. > > There's also videos showing it catching a tossed ball one-handed. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DswIwg3lxpo > > There is competition: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXN2bttm4g > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-ARKJva-TA > > Combine this with AI, and some interesting things > will happen. > > I get real 'With Folded Hands' chills from > watching these. > > pt I watched a new movie, "Subservience" with Meghan Fox on Netflix over the weekend. Scared the you know what out of me. Was even scarier than "The Terminator". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24871974/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_2 Lynn