Waited for first batch, then turned right quite aggressively as a south bound pedestrian started across the road. He HAD TO JUMP BACKWARDS TO AVOID BEING HIT. Bad @Cruise
. Rest of ride uneventful.
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Cruise vehicle turns aggressively forcing pedestrian to jump back
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Cruise autonomous vehicle freezes during SF crash with paying passenger
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1/4 Psst. Secret. My family tried to ban me from riding with @Cruise after seeing video of last Thursday's SF crash when Cruise with paying passenger inside froze in the path of an emergency vehicle rather than doing anything to get out of the way. Passenger ended in hospital.
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Language-to-Reward System Enables Natural Language Robot Control
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Introducing a new language-to-reward system for interfacing LLMs with robots using reward functions. Learn how the system’s predictive control tool enables users to teach robots novel actions using natural language inputs → https://t.co/cLPgwuvvon pic.twitter.com/fxkIKv8bgR
— Google AI (@GoogleAI) 22 août 2023Introducing a new language-to-reward system for interfacing LLMs with robots using reward functions. Learn how the system’s predictive control tool enables users to teach robots novel actions using natural language inputs → https://
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Boston Dynamics founder says today’s robots are ‘as dumb as doorknobs’
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FYI on 8/9/23, Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert: "Robots today are really stupid. They're as dumb as doorknobs…I think there's a future where the robots are smarter, & they use that intelligence to make it easier (for us) to have them do their task & to communicate w them."
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Drones and AI Innovation in Ukraine War
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This is a good (not paywalled) summary of the current state of drones in Ukraine. Thanks to @scienceisstrat1 – which btw is an excellent account if you like great stats / trends in science and tech. https://
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Shane Wighton Tests His Latest Robot Creation
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Hats off to Shane Wighton of @stuffmadehere for self-testing his latest robot!
— Ken Goldberg (@Ken_Goldberg) 20 août 2023
Hairstylists: don't worry; your jobs are safe… https://t.co/aG3BpLeyuHHats off to Shane Wighton of @stuffmadehere for self-testing his latest robot! Hairstylists: don't worry; your jobs are safe…
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Drones: The Asymmetric Power Reshaping Modern Warfare Economics
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worth remembering how important drones are in Ukraine a drone costing $5-10k can take out a tank costing $5-10m… it might take ten or 20 or even 100 attempts but the cost advantage is still huge this is the asymmetric power of the coming wave
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Cruise autonomous vehicles blocking San Francisco traffic at intersections
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Unoccupied cruising cars are thick on the streets of SF. Friday just after noon I got to an intersection with three @Cruise in it, one blocking people from going around a FedEx delivery; I was able to see that ahead and change my route, other human drivers were stuck.
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Cruise Fleet Cut in Half Following Emergency Vehicle Incident
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Just days after going to paid scale SF has cut @Cruise fleet by half after Thurs incident blocking emergency vehicle, passenger hospitalized (no word on impact at emergency site). Now 50 cars by day & 150 at night (plenty of others without passengers).
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Optimizing Robots for Human Safety and Future Challenges
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1944: Spitfire version XIV, first human operated machines optimized to fight robots, the V-1s. We must optimize robots to be safe for humans & not let hubris drive us to disastrously deploy them too early. We need robots to save us from demographic inversion and climate change.