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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Okay, complete shot in the dark here - the "humanoid robot" part is an attempt to convince investors they're making AI more humanlike or some shit like that

[–] HedyL@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago

I guess both chatbots and humanoid robots are basically about the fantasy of automating human labor away effortlessly. In the past, most successful automation probably required a strong understanding of not just the tech, but also the tasks themselves and often a complete overhaul of processes, internal structures etc. In the end, there was usually still a need for human labor, just with different skill sets than before. Many people from the C-suite aren't very good at handling these challenges, even if they would want to make everyone believe otherwise. This is probably why the promise of reaping all the rewards of automation without having to do the work sounds compelling to many of them.

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