From Dumplings to Robots

In my head, sophisticated robots are still a thing of the future, but this video reveals that the tech is far more advanced than I thought:

According to the New Atlas article dealing with these robots, 2024 ‘… is a breakout year for general-purpose AI-powered robotic workers, and Chinese companies such as Unitree, UBTech/Baidu, Astribot, LimX, Kepler, the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center and others are making genuine strides toward robot laborers capable of learning and executing useful tasks’.

The ‘fembots’ remind me of a UK series called ‘Humans‘ in which some of these robots reach sentience. The story is actually a exploration of what it means to be human, but it feels eerily prophetic.

I can see why ‘fembots’ would be a great ‘product’ for some consumers, but I can’t help wondering why we need humanoid robots to do ‘useful tasks’ when the world is heading towards 9 billion flesh and blood humans who all need a job? I wonder if slavery has anything to do with it…

Meeks