Hollywood’s love of dystopian sci-fi has a lot to answer for, as it has shaped many people’s ideas about the future very negatively. One of the most persistent of those ideas is that robots will only be owned by the 1%, who will use them to subjugate everyone else.
Reality is shaping up to be different. Free, open-source AI is the equal of anything privately controlled. Robotics too looks like it is following a similar trajectory. The Berkeley Humanoid Lite is built with off-the-shelf and 3D-printed components and costs just $5,000.
Contrary to doomerist fantasies, with decentralized renewable energy, and open-source AI & robotics - it seems hard to believe the 1% will own everything in the future.
I really don’t see the use of these robots (setting aside the obvious reason which is why they’ll actually get made)
But like for helping with tasks or anything it would be a nightmare.
Imagine all the worst parts of trying to accomplish something with your dumbest coworker combined with the joys of ai. Don’t really need a robot dropping his half of the crate to play “Lay down Sally” because i told it to set it down slowly.
We should be focusing on mech suits.