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[-] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 64 points 5 months ago

And NOW you can honetly say that, yes, everybody was indeed kung fu fighting.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

Everything was kung fu fighting!

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[-] caboose2006@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago

Meanwhile teslabots can't even pour a drink

[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 27 points 5 months ago

The first ever teslabot demonstration was an actual human in a costume, pretending to be a robot...

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 8 points 5 months ago

China out here with scripted robots that while not super useful can show off the limits of our technology in impressive ways.

America. Back to slavery but with a metal exterior

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[-] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

That's extremely impressive. As soon as these can do this stuff on random surfaces and with spatial awareness then we are probably past the event horizon for some significant, scary and futuristic shit.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 23 points 5 months ago
[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 5 months ago
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[-] Korkki@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 months ago

Once receiving the signal Chinese household robots sold to the west gonna do project atomic heart, by kicking you in the nuts.

[-] aeiou@piefed.social 21 points 5 months ago

Mechatronics engineers and scifi nerds from the 90s would salivate over what's on offer in robotics today.

[-] fum@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

We really do live in the cyber punk dystopia predicted. It's just way less neon lights.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago

only if you live in upper north america; western europe; or australia. lol

[-] tomiant@piefed.social 7 points 5 months ago

That's damn true. All of SE Asia is basically a neon (*actually LED) vortex

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago
[-] tomiant@piefed.social 6 points 5 months ago

Sigh... I mean... I tried. And while there is much to be said for it, there is a lot to be said against it too. It's kind of a win some lose some deal. Depends on where you live. If I was in the USA I'd fuck right off to basically anywhere, and SE Asia wouldn't be a bad bet. Thing is, they don't just accept people willy nilly. Unless you want to endure a permanent border hopping enema, you need a work visa, student visa, or retirement visa, and those all come with their own hurdles.

Good luck tho, I can def vibe with the sentiment.

[-] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

They’ll release a gamer version of these robots with RGB don’t worry.

[-] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago

Now that's what i call a flex of your technological power between tradition and modernity. Fantastic performance.

Random thought, I know it's still better to not have wars at all, but future wars would be nicer and more fair if losing meant receiving a knock-out kick in yo nuts from a martial art master robot instead of being killed by random boring drones.

[-] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago

Not as clumsy or random as an ~~imperial trooper~~ US Marine, but an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago
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[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

Truly impressive. Either I have been alive for a long time or the rate of progress is accelerating. I thought we were decades away from this.

[-] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 10 points 5 months ago

Whoa what the hell, that's insane!

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago

Looks nice. Not excited to be fighting to the death on some random hill surrounded by a thousand of these.

[-] Phunter@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 months ago

Don't worry, you're much more likely to be instantly annihilated by a tiny suicide drone.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Can i have it arrive before my next rent payment?

[-] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 6 points 5 months ago
[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

I find the fact that westerners can only imagine howany new technology will be used against them is the surest sign that western civilization is an utter failure.

[-] SCmSTR 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You're making a lot of deeply flawed assumptions here.

Imagining bad scenarios doesn't mean it's the only thing one can imagine. Also, I don't think the person specified in what way "we" are screwed; it could have been humanity in general, which would be akin to science fiction as a cautionary tale; it could have been internationally. Also, people often have mixed feelings about technology, and one person expressing a single comment of caution I think hardly defines the failure of all of whatever "western" civilization is.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago

I'm not making any assumptions, I'm going by what I see as the predominant narrative regarding any new technology in the west. All I see is people moaning how AI or robots will end us all. Whether they're referring to us collectively or just to the west is irrelevant.

My point is that people living under the dictatorship of capital have a negative view of technology because technological progress isn't used in public interest. It's used by the oligarchs for oppression and surveillance, and hence people fear that any new technology will be used to repress them further.

We can contrast this with the mood I'm China where most people are optimistic regarding technological progress because they see technology improving their lives with things like high speed trains, amazing public infrastructure, factory automation, and so on.

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[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 months ago

It's kind of fun to see you recognize that there are assumptions at play, and then do the same yourself. Technology as a threat. What if the threat is not the technology, but the west's inability to keep their resources from being stolen by shareholders and billionaires? Because that is what is holding us back from developing and making the future ourselves. we just watch all of our resources go to infighting, incompetent management egos, and mega-yachts and fighting progress.

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[-] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 6 points 5 months ago

Better at humans at fighting AND better at break dancing too!

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago

Does anyone actually want this? Like it's kind of interesting but is it actually something anyone wants?

[-] harmbugler@piefed.social 10 points 5 months ago

What do you mean, as entertainment? Most people currently seem entertained by these.

But this is just getting started.

As helpful androids? Sure, can it one day clean my house and do my shopping? I'd buy one (though I suppose they would have some awful privacy problems).

As military robots? Can they one day operate a tank? Carry and fire weapons? I can think of a few people that want that.

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago

Well there you go... I guess I am in the minority on this. I don't want these things anywhere near me or my family.

But yes I can imagine cops loving the idea of these things crushing protestors throats in the street.

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[-] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

I imagine a display such as this drives Elon mad with the dismal human-dancing-in-a-costume display he put on for his completing product. If true, I want this.

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[-] SCmSTR 5 points 5 months ago

Why do they look mocap and not robotic? Like if it's a robot, the movements should be far more efficient and literally robotic looking. This just looks like "look, we can make them execute scripted macro movements with micro auto adjustments". Which is an achievement in itself, but not exactly as advanced as this video suggests at face value. I could be wrong, but something about it feels off to me and this is just my guess as to why.

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 5 months ago

because that's what this is. Premade animations choreographed and scripted.

BUT

Do you have any idea what insane technology in soft and hardware is neccessary to make this happen?

this is beyond impressive, and China is way ahead of everyone else. Electric cars, Robotics, Renewable energy, medical research, Drone technology. The west needs to get rid of the incompetent conservatives that cling to a world that no longer exists or the west is the new third world.

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[-] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago

Are we sure this isn’t AI made video? This looks so unreal to me. Last time I saw human robots, they didn’t even go up in the staircase.

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 5 months ago

it would be very very good AI made, and i have seen those robots do these things in tech demos before, so they definitely exist.

[-] stardustpathsofglory@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Let's see how well they can run in the forest.

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