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Wednesday, 14 March 2018
quote [ Flippy, the burger-flipping robot that threatens to supplant short-order cooks, has taken its first extended break.
But the burger maker isn't blaming balky robotics for the snafu. Rather, it says humans -- or in this case, not enough of them -- are at fault. ]
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steele said @ 12:37pm GMT on 15th March
You think you're being funny, but something like this is likely to happen as the robot arms (and the rest of their bodies) get cheaper. One remote operator can maintain multiple robot locations while the software records their movements to train a neural network that eventually takes over their job. The human then only becomes needed when anomalies require their attention, and again, that anomaly response becomes new training data. This is one of the reasons I've been trying to get people more aware of VR. It makes humans swappable with robots while they train their replacements.
Other alternatives, we Uberize the fast food positions by having independent contractors aka "small business entrepreneurs" use an app to bid for shifts at local restaurants.
Or why stop there, an Uber like VR application that allows remote independent contractors to bid for individual anomalies.
They could even gamify the whole thing and mix it into actual realtime gameplay as challenges to players of a high enough rank who have exhibited enough skill and reliability to not fuck it up.
No guarantees that'll work out tho ;)
Job Simulator Gameplay - Gourmet Chef - HTC Vive
steele said @ 12:55pm GMT on 15th March
You think you're being funny, but something like this is likely to happen as the robot arms (and the rest of their bodies) get cheaper. One remote operator can maintain multiple robot locations while the software records their movements to train a neural network that eventually takes over their job. The human then only becomes needed when anomalies require their attention, and again, that anomaly response becomes new training data. This is one of the reasons I've been trying to get people more aware of VR. It makes humans swappable with robots while they train their replacements.
Other alternatives, we Uberize the fast food positions by having independent contractors aka "small business entrepreneurs" use an app to bid for shifts at local restaurants.
Or why stop there, an Uber like VR application that allows remote independent contractors to bid for individual anomalies.
They could even gamify the whole thing and mix it into actual realtime gameplay as challenges to players of a high enough rank who have exhibited enough skill and reliability to not fuck it up.
No guarantees that'll work out tho ;)
Job Simulator Gameplay - Gourmet Chef - HTC Vive
edit: wrote this before I saw your comment below... above?
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steele said @ 12:37pm GMT on 15th March [Score:1 Interesting]
You think you're being funny, but something like this is likely to happen as the robot arms (and the rest of their bodies) get cheaper. One remote operator can maintain multiple robot locations while the software records their movements to train a neural network that eventually takes over their job. The human then only becomes needed when anomalies require their attention, and again, that anomaly response becomes new training data. This is one of the reasons I've been trying to get people more aware of VR. It makes humans swappable with robots while they train their replacements.
Other alternatives, we Uberize the fast food positions by having independent contractors aka "small business entrepreneurs" use an app to bid for shifts at local restaurants.
Or why stop there, an Uber like VR application that allows remote independent contractors to bid for individual anomalies.
They could even gamify the whole thing and mix it into actual realtime gameplay as challenges to players of a high enough rank who have exhibited enough skill and reliability to not fuck it up.
No guarantees that'll work out tho ;)
Job Simulator Gameplay - Gourmet Chef - HTC Vive
edit: wrote this before I saw your comment below... above?
Will they figure out a way to remove the human element sooner or hope that training does the job? Seems to be the big question.