AI & Robotics News and Discussions

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A team made a truly autonomous agent with its own X account and crypto wallet.






Wow

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How can you tell if text is AI-generated? Researchers have figured out a new method

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-tex ... ethod.html

Study explores the impact of LLMs on human creativity

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-exp ... ivity.html

[firestar464]

Based on everything we know so far from Jimmy:

(We were told that GPT-4.x (likely 4.5) is going to drop this month, though I'm very doubtful that we're suddenly going to be gifted a new model within the next 3 days. IDK anymore)

They probably gonna give ChatGPT a birthday gift sometime during or after Nov (that is, Dec), which is stated to be GPT-5 (aka Orion).
Anthropic's response to o1 (Claude 3.5 Opus?): December
(Likely something from OAI in response because as Jimmy said, it's doubtful Sam's gonna take his foot off the gas.)
Grok 3: December-January (o1 level)

Sam Altman Says No GPT-5 This Year in Reddit AMA

https://www.aiwire.net/2024/10/31/sam-a ... eddit-ama/

Perhaps they're going to either move 4.5 to December and release 5 in IDK, March or something, or they're going to release o1 in December and scrap 4.5 IMO.

[Time_Traveller]

AI and robotics really could be holding back some workers from their dream career

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Increased automation through artificial intelligence and robotics could be diminishing career opportunities, new analysis has warned.

Although concerns that AI could replace human workers have largely been squashed, with experts seeing the tech more as a co-worker, it could indeed be preventing us from getting our dream careers, a new research paper has claimed.

While the impacts of artificial intelligence are yet to be quantified, the study explores the deployment of robotics through the late 2000s and 2010s to provide an indicator as to what we might be able to expect.

Automation could ruin our chances of getting our dream jobs

According to the study, one additional robot per 1,000 workers decreased the average local market career value by $3,900 between 2004 and 2008, and by $2,480 between 2008 and 2016. The effects are particularly apparent across industries that are heavily exposed to robotics, such as manufacturing. Following the introduction of more tech, low-skilled workers experience declines in upward job mobility.

Bledi Taska, one of the study’s co-authors, shared on LinkedIn: “It’s not just about robots replacing jobs. It’s about robots reducing the opportunities for people to improve their lives. For many workers, particularly low-skilled ones, the ladder to higher-paying jobs is disappearing.”

https://www.techradar.com/pro/ai-and-ro ... eam-career

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Ambitious robot learns to clean bathroom sink by watching
By Michael Franco
November 08, 2024

From washing urinals to tidying up the beach, we can already see a future where our robot servants help keep our world a little cleaner. Now, a robotic arm has mastered the surprisingly complex task of sink washing, showing off its ability to learn.

Cleaning a wash basin might not sound like the most advanced of tasks, but when you think about it, a lot goes into it. You have to intuitively know what angle to employ your sponge at, understand how much force to apply to different parts of the sink based on the grime, and readjust your body constantly as you move along the surface. It's certainly easy for us humans, but if you're a programmer working with a just-starting-out robot, it's a lot to code.

"Capturing the geometric shape of a washbasin with cameras is relatively simple," says Andreas Kugi from the Automation and Control Institute at TU Wien in Austria. "But that's not the crucial step. It is much more difficult to teach the robot: Which type of movement is required for which part of the surface? How fast should the motion be? What's the appropriate angle? What's the right amount of force?"

Understanding that programming all of those data points and combinations was a herculean task, Kugi and his team decided to let their robotic arm learn to do the task by observing someone else doing it.

https://newatlas.com/robotics/robot-cleans-sink/

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[Time_Traveller]

NVIDIA’s Stunning Breakthrough in Humanoid Robotics Unveiled

1:02 pm November 10, 2024



NVIDIA has achieved a major advancement in robotics with its Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) team, focused on creating versatile humanoid robots. Central to this progress is the Hover controller—a universal system that allows robots to perform a wide range of tasks with human-like intuition. This innovation tackles a core challenge in traditional robotics, where separate control systems are often required for different tasks, leading to inefficiencies.

Imagine a world where robots can seamlessly adapt to various tasks, much like humans do. Thanks to NVIDIA’s breakthrough, this vision is coming to life. The Hover controller enables humanoid robots to handle diverse activities without needing to switch control systems, paving the way for more efficient and adaptable robotic solutions across industries.

Driving this progress is NVIDIA’s simulation technology, which accelerates the training process, reducing what typically takes a year to just 50 minutes. This rapid learning allows robots to master complex movements and apply them in real-world scenarios with minimal fine-tuning. It promises a future where robots are not just tools but flexible partners in everyday tasks, transforming how industries incorporate robotic assistance.

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/nvidia-ho ... =serp_auto

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Scientists trained AI to detect faces in pain, in goats

November 7, 2024

The patient arrived with a bladder stone, grimacing in pain and moping about.

He wouldn't even chew his cud.

The patient, you see, was a goat. And while treated for his bladder stone -- a common ailment in the small ruminants -- he was also contributing to new research that aims to accurately measure pain not only in goats, but other domestic animals as well and even, one day, in people.

"If we solve the problem with animals, we can also solve the problem for children and other non-verbal patients," said Ludovica Chiavaccini, D.M.V., D.E.S., M.S., a clinical associate professor of anesthesiology in the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine.

Chiavaccini and her colleagues filmed the faces of goats that were in pain and those that were comfortable. Then they fed the data into an artificial intelligence-based model that learned to distinguish goats in pain by their faces alone.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 193106.htm

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Scientists trained AI to detect faces in pain, in goats

November 7, 2024

The patient arrived with a bladder stone, grimacing in pain and moping about.

He wouldn't even chew his cud.

The patient, you see, was a goat. And while treated for his bladder stone -- a common ailment in the small ruminants -- he was also contributing to new research that aims to accurately measure pain not only in goats, but other domestic animals as well and even, one day, in people.

"If we solve the problem with animals, we can also solve the problem for children and other non-verbal patients," said Ludovica Chiavaccini, D.M.V., D.E.S., M.S., a clinical associate professor of anesthesiology in the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine.

Chiavaccini and her colleagues filmed the faces of goats that were in pain and those that were comfortable. Then they fed the data into an artificial intelligence-based model that learned to distinguish goats in pain by their faces alone.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 193106.htm

Maybe machines will have more empathy for animals than humans do.

[Tadasuke]

Novel front-loading exoskeleton gets paralyzed patients up and walking

https://newatlas.com/robotics/kaist-wal ... oskeleton/

Is it just me who thinks it would make much more sense to try to unparalyze people, rather than giving them an option to put on expensive, slow and outlandish external machinery, which additionally is going to run out of current?

Better than nothing, but it's not really what people want or need. They are still not walking by themselves with this on. They still don't feel free and independent.

[firestar464]

Based on everything we know so far from Jimmy:

(We were told that GPT-4.x (likely 4.5) is going to drop this month, though I'm very doubtful that we're suddenly going to be gifted a new model within the next 3 days. IDK anymore)

They probably gonna give ChatGPT a birthday gift sometime during or after Nov (that is, Dec), which is stated to be GPT-5 (aka Orion).
Anthropic's response to o1 (Claude 3.5 Opus?): December
(Likely something from OAI in response because as Jimmy said, it's doubtful Sam's gonna take his foot off the gas.)
Grok 3: December-January (o1 level)

Sam Altman Says No GPT-5 This Year in Reddit AMA

https://www.aiwire.net/2024/10/31/sam-a ... eddit-ama/

Perhaps they're going to either move 4.5 to December and release 5 in IDK, March or something, or they're going to release o1 in December and scrap 4.5 IMO.

Looks more like the latter it seems. This better be impressive; they're going to have to compete with Anthropic's release (imagine if the two got into a Mexican standoff only for xAI to drop first)

[Vakanai]

Novel front-loading exoskeleton gets paralyzed patients up and walking

https://newatlas.com/robotics/kaist-wal ... oskeleton/

Is it just me who thinks it would make much more sense to try to unparalyze people, rather than giving them an option to put on expensive, slow and outlandish external machinery, which additionally is going to run out of current?

Better than nothing, but it's not really what people want or need. They are still not walking by themselves with this on. They still don't feel free and independent.

Problem is unparalyzing people is much harder and will take much longer. This isn't the goal, but a stop gap. Walking with an exoskeleton is better than not walking at all. It's something to help in the nearer future while building towards the future we and they do want.

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This could go in "strange, scary, and u n u s u a l media"

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[firestar464]

Based on everything we know so far from Jimmy:

(We were told that GPT-4.x (likely 4.5) is going to drop this month, though I'm very doubtful that we're suddenly going to be gifted a new model within the next 3 days. IDK anymore)

They probably gonna give ChatGPT a birthday gift sometime during or after Nov (that is, Dec), which is stated to be GPT-5 (aka Orion).
Anthropic's response to o1 (Claude 3.5 Opus?): December
(Likely something from OAI in response because as Jimmy said, it's doubtful Sam's gonna take his foot off the gas.)
Grok 3: December-January (o1 level)

Sam Altman Says No GPT-5 This Year in Reddit AMA

https://www.aiwire.net/2024/10/31/sam-a ... eddit-ama/

Perhaps they're going to either move 4.5 to December and release 5 in IDK, March or something, or they're going to release o1 in December and scrap 4.5 IMO.

Looks more like the latter it seems. This better be impressive; they're going to have to compete with Anthropic's release (imagine if the two got into a Mexican standoff only for xAI to drop first)

OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool to Automate Tasks for Users

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... HnNReQmEjM

This better be what makes AGI

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Men more willing than women to accept robot care in old age, Oxford study finds

14 Nov 2024

A new study from AI experts at the University of Oxford and University of Melbourne reveals that men are much more likely to support the idea of being cared for in their homes by a robot when they are infirm or elderly, than women.

The study, published in the journal Community, Work and Family, assesses people's attitudes towards having robots caring for oneself, providing services and companionship, when one is infirm or elderly. The study draws on data from 28 European countries, factoring in local determinants such as GDP, women’s labour force participation rates, and spending on elderly care.

The lead author, Professor Ekaterina Hertog, Associate Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute & the Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford explains: “In our study we investigate three key questions: Are women more comfortable than men with being cared for by robots in their old age? Are those with greater time pressures and higher opportunity costs more supportive of receiving care from technology? And do macro-level factors inform individual attitudes to robotic care?”

The researchers find that individuals differ substantially in how comfortable they are with using technology to fulfil their care needs, with local context and personal factors shaping attitudes towards being cared for by robots.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-11-14-me ... tudy-finds

[Time_Traveller]

Robot identifies plants by 'touching' their leaves

November 13, 2024

Researchers in China have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by "touching" their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as surface texture and water content that cannot be determined using existing visual approaches, according to the study, published November 13 in the journal Device. The robot identified ten different plant species with an average accuracy of 97.7% and identified leaves of the flowering bauhinia plant with 100% accuracy at various growth stages.

Eventually, large-scale farmers and agricultural researchers could use the robot to monitor the health and growth of crops and to make tailored decisions about how much water and fertilizer to give their plants and how to approach pest control, says Zhongqian Song, an associate professor at the Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences and an author of the study.

"It could revolutionize crop management and ecosystem studies and enable early disease detection, which is crucial for plant health and food security," he says.

Rather than making physical contact with a plant, existing devices capture more limited information using visual approaches, which are vulnerable to factors such as lighting conditions, changes in the weather, or background interference.

To overcome these limitations, Song and colleagues developed a robot that "touches" plants using a mechanism inspired by human skin, with structures working together in a hierarchical way to gain information through touch. When an electrode in the robot makes contact with a leaf, the device learns about the plant by measuring several properties: the amount of charge that can be stored at a given voltage, how difficult it is for electrical current to move through the leaf, and contact force as the robot grips the leaf.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 123308.htm