TY Arianna! Glad we both see potential for AI to enhance human creativity and humility. Here’s the op-ed w/out paywall: Let's Give AI a Chance https://
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p-Ed-on-AI-May-2023
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AI’s Potential to Enhance Human Creativity and Humility
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ALOHA Robot Arms: Elegant Teleoperation Design Under $20k
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Very impressed by ALOHA’s elegant design: using a one pair of low cost robot arms to teleoperate a second pair for learning from demonstrations. All hardware for under $20k! @chelseabfinn @svlevine @tonyzzhao
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Roboticist Daniel Seita Joins USC as Assistant Professor
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Excited to announce that roboticist @daniel_t_seita (
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Language Embedded Radiance Fields Project Link Shared
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Thanks Brian for the fun discussion! Here's the link to the project I mentioned on Language Embedded Radiance Fields: https://
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Postdoc Position: Cloud Robotics and AWS/Google Cloud Systems
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Seeking Postdoc with experience in Robotics and Cloud-Based Systems (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) to work closely with @UCBerkeley Profs. Ken Goldberg and Joey Gonzales on research on cloud robotics architectures and platforms such as FogROS2: https://
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Rough estimates on robot dexterity and scalability challenges
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Nice to multiply these out but they are each very rough estimates. For example I’d put this one far lower than 60% if you mean human-level dexterity and adaptability: “We invent and scale cheap, quality robots”
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AI Xenophobia: Historical Parallels with Moral Panic and Apocalypse Cults
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Well-written pushback on AI xenophobia linking to precedents including “moral panic”, millenarian apocalypse cults, and Prohibition.
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Ambi Robotics Deploys AI-Powered Robots for Advanced Logistics Operations
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Congrats to the entire @AmbiRobotics team for implementing our new series of AI-powered robots for automated induction, middle-mile sortation, and reverse (customer returns) logistics at 1200 parcels per hour! https://t.co/w0lRYdsgF6
— Ken Goldberg (@Ken_Goldberg) 6 juin 2023Congrats to the entire @AmbiRobotics team for implementing our new series of AI-powered robots for automated induction, middle-mile sortation, and reverse (customer returns) logistics at 1200 parcels per hour!
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Jasia Reichardt’s Plenary on Uncanny Valley and Strangeness
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Just posted: video of living legend Jasia Reichardt's plenary presentation, "In Praise of Strangeness" @ieee_ras_icra
. Jasia coined the term #UncannyValley in 1978: #SigmundFreud, #WarsawGhetto, #KarelCapek, #Fellini, #Turing,#Asimov,#Buddhism, #ChatGPT: https://
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Ambi Robotics Joins The House Fund AI Accelerator Program
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I've had great experiences working with @thehousefund since the start of @AmbiRobotics — the deadline for joining their new AI Accelerator program is tonight at midnight: