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36 sats \ 7 replies \ @ek 14h \ on: will you put a robot in your home? AskSN
Wow, wait, we're already at humanoid robots for home?
I'm still warming up to the vacuum cleaner robots.
Good question, I need to noodle on that
I think it will be positive if it's "robot instead of nothing" and not "robot instead of human."
Wow, wait, we're already at humanoid robots for home?
It's remote controlled, not autonomous. I feel like that got lost in a lot of the hype...
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yes thanks for bringing this up
can see how it gets lost in the hype for sure
in the ad piece I watched, they market this as a helpful human from 1x who can add even more advanced features for you
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i guess its like when rich people had/have servants in their houses...except now it'll be some person in a third world country remotely operating your maid / butler and the bot will be recording every bit of telemetry imaginable your family produces and selling it off.
i'll pass, self-hosted robots or gfy
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Wow, wait, we're already at humanoid robots for home?
yes, did you see this one? what do you think? looks cool right?
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well sure, but mine wasn't a question of trust, but aesthetics. still i appreciate how you feel
i mean the face is reduced enough in complexity to make me feel that it is a creature separate from me
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mhh, the face looks a bit like Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet:
not sure I like it or what they were going for
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