Rise of the Machines, AI, Skynet, Etc

[SOL]

When it comes to the pandemic-era supply chain bottlenecks creating inflation and delayed deliveries of consumer goods, some have placed the blame on America’s truck drivers.

Specifically, concerns have been raised over labor shortages for qualified drivers to deliver the products consumers want in bulk.

Last year, trucking companies in the United States suffered a deficit of 80,000 drivers, according to data from the American Trucking Associations. The trade association also estimates that about 72% of America’s freight transport moves by trucks, which shows just how dependent consumers are on drivers to deliver goods.

But amid low pay and less than desirable working conditions, many are leaving the industry in search of better opportunities. Meanwhile, drivers’ pay has been cut from an adjusted median of $110,000 in 1980 to just $47,130 in 2020.

Yet with respect to the bottlenecked supply chain, drivers currently in the industry have a clear message: they are not at fault

“Truckers themselves are willing to work,” Tony Carrk, executive director at special interest watchdog group Accountable.US, told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday.

“The pay is not keeping pace. There's a lot of companies that are misclassifying their workers as independent contractors versus employees,” Carrk said.

To that point, approximately 3.5 million truck drivers are employed in the United States, out of which 1 in 9 are independent, and most are owner-operators. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published data back in 2019 concluding that if wages would increase in the industry, then any long-term labor shortage would be improved.

“We do need to have more truckers. [They are] a vital part of keeping the supply chains working, and we need to address these persistent problems that have been occurring long before the pandemic,” Carrk said..

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/truckers ... 51634.html

Interesting story. labour shortages will be tackled with massive advances in AI. Soon individuals will pour into sectors where there is a massive demand like trucking. Humans are on a fast track to becoming irrelevant unless they embrace advances in AI and tech or focus on areas where AI will not be able to make an immediate impact.

[Budge]

When it comes to the pandemic-era supply chain bottlenecks creating inflation and delayed deliveries of consumer goods, some have placed the blame on America’s truck drivers.

Specifically, concerns have been raised over labor shortages for qualified drivers to deliver the products consumers want in bulk.

Last year, trucking companies in the United States suffered a deficit of 80,000 drivers, according to data from the American Trucking Associations. The trade association also estimates that about 72% of America’s freight transport moves by trucks, which shows just how dependent consumers are on drivers to deliver goods.

But amid low pay and less than desirable working conditions, many are leaving the industry in search of better opportunities. Meanwhile, drivers’ pay has been cut from an adjusted median of $110,000 in 1980 to just $47,130 in 2020.

Yet with respect to the bottlenecked supply chain, drivers currently in the industry have a clear message: they are not at fault

“Truckers themselves are willing to work,” Tony Carrk, executive director at special interest watchdog group Accountable.US, told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday.

“The pay is not keeping pace. There's a lot of companies that are misclassifying their workers as independent contractors versus employees,” Carrk said.

To that point, approximately 3.5 million truck drivers are employed in the United States, out of which 1 in 9 are independent, and most are owner-operators. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published data back in 2019 concluding that if wages would increase in the industry, then any long-term labor shortage would be improved.

“We do need to have more truckers. [They are] a vital part of keeping the supply chains working, and we need to address these persistent problems that have been occurring long before the pandemic,” Carrk said..

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/truckers ... 51634.html

Interesting story. labour shortages will be tackled with massive advances in AI. Soon individuals will pour into sectors where there is a massive demand like trucking. Humans are on a fast track to becoming irrelevant unless they embrace advances in AI and tech or focus on areas where AI will not be able to make an immediate impact.

Trucking? PTB will be redoubling their efforts for autonomous trucking. This is the WEF's white paper from last year on the subject:

https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Auton ... s_2021.pdf

Funny though, there's no mention of the benefit of firing all those dirty, obstreperous, terroristic truckers.

[Triplethought]

Funny though, there's no mention of the benefit of firing all those dirty, obstreperous, terroristic truckers.

I wonder if anyone is working on a remote human overseeing like 4-8 trucks. The AI would drive the things, but human would be able to take over for emergencies.

Either way, I think they'll approve small cars before allowing 18 wheelers to go down the road without a driver.

[nicolas]

Funny though, there's no mention of the benefit of firing all those dirty, obstreperous, terroristic truckers.

I wonder if anyone is working on a remote human overseeing like 4-8 trucks. The AI would drive the things, but human would be able to take over for emergencies.

Either way, I think they'll approve small cars before allowing 18 wheelers to go down the road without a driver.

Yes, it's already here. At least for cars and robo-taxis.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos- ... 021-08-23/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-auto ... SKCN1G72CU (this one's from 4 years ago)

Companies like Nissan, Waymo and startups Zoox, Phantom Auto and Starsky Robotics have been working on the technology, which allows for a remote operator to take control of a vehicle if the underlying autonomous system inside the car encounters problems, known in the industry as difficult-to-solve “edge” cases.

In the book AI 2041 (a collection of short stories illustrating probable use cases of AI in 20 years), one of the stories addresses this topic. The hero is Chamal, a teenager from Sri Lanka who excels at VR racing games. He's approached by a Chinese tech company to take part in a contest, racing cars on their VR platform. One day, his mission is to drive several cars through a replica of Singapore, getting as many passengers to safety as possible, while a tsunami approaches. A real race against the clock... until his car gets submerged by the wave and the screen freezes. Game over. The following day, Chamal sees on the news that the tsunami was real. What was presented to him as a game was in fact a real rescue mission.

One use case that is foreseen is for a human driver to take over in extreme circumstances, like natural disasters or acts of terrorism, when GPS navigation becomes impossible, and the operating conditions are outside of what the sensors and the software were designed for.

[SOL]

As individuals become lazier and demand more help. The AI and Robot trend is gaining traction fast. Soon most non-critical thinkers will be given the option to sign up for universal income with a host of conditions and that will speed the AI trend even faster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIopp8W7cr4

[Eric]

Individually nowhere near as fast as a messy human...to sauce and top a pizza (or several) really fast (with premade dough) is like 8-10 seconds each. That makes a hell of a mess though that needs to be cleaned up when there's a lull in the chaos. The robots will work 16 hours without complaint and won't sneak out by the dumpster to smoke weed when there aren't any orders.

[SOL]

OpenAI-backed Startup Beats Tesla with AI-Enabled Humanoid Robots

AI-Enabled Humanoid Robot by 1X Beats Tesla's
A robotics business financed by OpenAI defeats Elon Musk’s Tesla in the race to market humanoid robots with AI capabilities. After successfully using EVE, the humanoid robot, as security guards, the firm 1X aims to use them in hospices and senior care homes.

Meet EVE - The Robot Capable of Performing Nursing and Bartending Tasks
The CEO and creator of 1X, Bernt Bornich, claims that their humanoid robot, EVE, has exceeded their early expectations. EVE may use its human-like arms to carry out bartending and nursing duties. The robot is now working as a security guard at two industrial sites. It sets itself apart from other security robots by having two freely moving arms, a head, and a face. These EVE humanoids on patrol are watched over by human security personnel.

Virtual Control – Addressing Issues with Robot Malfunctions
It’s interesting to note that security officers may digitally enter and operate a robot’s body in the case of any problems. Hence, offering immediate presence as if they were physically present. These robots are an excellent option for security services because of the added degree of safety and protection this function provides.


Bornich has a broad strategy for tackling the labor shortage. In his future society, he sees sustainable energy production that can be transformed into any good or service. Thus, making the idea of labor scarcity meaningless. He expects to realize this goal within the next five years, if not within this decade if no hurdles arise. The potential for such developments in the future is fascinating.

Advantages of Deploying AI-Enabled Humanoid Robots

When questioned about their advantages, Mr. Bornich said these gadgets could quickly alleviate labor shortages, maybe within five years. The business is already working on creating the NEO alternative robot. It would have bipedal movement and be able to walk like a person.

Using humanoid robots with AI capabilities has created new avenues for tackling the labor shortage and enhancing security services. 1X has illustrated the possibilities of this technology and the exciting future that lies ahead using EVE as a leading example and defeating Tesla’s robot.

https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/20 ... re%20homes.

[SOL]

A general-purpose robot is entering the workforce



General-purpose robots — ones that can handle a variety of tasks — would allow employers to automate whatever is most pressing on a given day, but building a bot that can do a lot is (as you’d expect) a lot harder than building one that does one thing over and over again.


What’s new? Canada-based Sanctuary AI is one of several companies attempting to overcome the challenge and bring a general-purpose robot to market, and on May 16, it unveiled its sixth-generation robot, an AI-powered humanoid named “Phoenix.”

“We designed Phoenix to be the most sensor-rich and physically capable humanoid ever built and to enable [our AI platform’s] rapidly growing intelligence to perform the broadest set of work tasks possible,” said Geordie Rose, the startup’s co-founder and CEO.


The details: Phoenix is 5’7″, weighs 155 pounds, and is capable of lifting up to 55 pounds. Its human-like hands have 20 degrees of freedom and haptic sensors that allow it to perform tasks that require dexterity and precision, such as labeling packages or picking fruit.

According to Sanctuary, Phoenix also has human-like intelligence thanks to a proprietary AI control system called Carbon. It acts as the bot’s “brain” and can be trained to complete new tasks in computer simulations.

Alternatively, Phoenix can “learn from demonstration.” With this approach, a human uses a VR headset to see what the bot sees and a special rig to guide it through completing a new task.

https://youtu.be/k2GhgO7SnZQ

https://www.freethink.com/robots-ai/gen ... pose-robot

[Budge]

OpenAI-backed Startup Beats Tesla with AI-Enabled Humanoid Robots

AI-Enabled Humanoid Robot by 1X Beats Tesla's
A robotics business financed by OpenAI defeats Elon Musk’s Tesla in the race to market humanoid robots with AI capabilities. After successfully using EVE, the humanoid robot, as security guards, the firm 1X aims to use them in hospices and senior care homes.

Meet EVE - The Robot Capable of Performing Nursing and Bartending Tasks
The CEO and creator of 1X, Bernt Bornich, claims that their humanoid robot, EVE, has exceeded their early expectations. EVE may use its human-like arms to carry out bartending and nursing duties. The robot is now working as a security guard at two industrial sites. It sets itself apart from other security robots by having two freely moving arms, a head, and a face. These EVE humanoids on patrol are watched over by human security personnel.

Virtual Control – Addressing Issues with Robot Malfunctions
It’s interesting to note that security officers may digitally enter and operate a robot’s body in the case of any problems. Hence, offering immediate presence as if they were physically present. These robots are an excellent option for security services because of the added degree of safety and protection this function provides.


Bornich has a broad strategy for tackling the labor shortage. In his future society, he sees sustainable energy production that can be transformed into any good or service. Thus, making the idea of labor scarcity meaningless. He expects to realize this goal within the next five years, if not within this decade if no hurdles arise. The potential for such developments in the future is fascinating.

Advantages of Deploying AI-Enabled Humanoid Robots

When questioned about their advantages, Mr. Bornich said these gadgets could quickly alleviate labor shortages, maybe within five years. The business is already working on creating the NEO alternative robot. It would have bipedal movement and be able to walk like a person.

Using humanoid robots with AI capabilities has created new avenues for tackling the labor shortage and enhancing security services. 1X has illustrated the possibilities of this technology and the exciting future that lies ahead using EVE as a leading example and defeating Tesla’s robot.

https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/20 ... re%20homes.

Elon hedging his bets? Working the issue from both ends:

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink to begin its first-in-human clinical study.

The company announced the milestone in a Twitter post, which stated, "We are excited to share that we have received the FDA’s approval to launch our first-in-human clinical study! This is the result of incredible work by the Neuralink team in close collaboration with the FDA and represents an important first step that will one day allow our technology to help many people."

https://interestingengineering.com/inno ... MAIL_ID%5D

This could work out really well. "Paging Dr Frankenstein, monster for you one line one!"

[AstuteShift]

Pretty soon, anyone not connected to an AI based system or Neuro link per say will be like the Amish people lol

[nicolas]

Well, that didn't take long...

Woman marries AI chatbot
A mother of two, Rosanna Ramos says her virtual partner doesn’t “come with baggage”
https://www.rt.com/news/577525-woman-ma ... i-chatbot/
Same story: https://nypost.com/2023/06/03/bronx-mom ... l-husband/

[SOL]

I love her and see her as a real woman.' Meet a man who 'married' an artificial intelligence hologram

Roughly 4,000 men have ‘wed’ their digital companions using certificates issued by tech company Gatebox
In Japan, technology company Gatebox has created a virtual companion that goes beyond traditional chatbots or Amazon's Alexa: Azuma Hikari is a small 3D holographic character that "lives" within a glass enclosure. The device costs approximately $1,325.

Azuma Hikari was designed to make users' lives easier.

The character uses artificial intelligence to learn and change in response to conversations with users. Like Siri or Alexa, she can read the news, play music, report the weather and turn the lights on and off, but rather than existing as a voice coming from a phone or small speaker, she's a character you can see and interact with.

After her best friend died, this programmer created an AI chatbot from his texts to talk to him again
Azuma was also designed to provide companionship. According to the Gatebox website, she acts as "a soothing partner who helps you take a load off after a hard day of work."

https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-na ... -1.6253767

And here is another story of a 63-year-old veteran marrying chatbot Andrea.


https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/us-a ... e-99261682

The trend is rapidly gaining momentum. Imagine the potential chaos that could ensue when robots possess the ability to mimic any desired experience and match reality.

[MarkD]

Is it a trend or a fad? Older guy might be realistic to think he wants a chatbot if he lives alone or in a remote location, but not I. There's plenty of that at the bar or pool for me plus neighbors and wife.

Not believing young folks really will stick with this. I actually think AI may lead to a different outcome when peeps realize the relationship ISN'T real. And competition for a mate may get ugly. Don't they have too many single males in China already?

On the other hand, just like Ukraine, cv19, etc, it's a distraction from the real action.

[Budge]

Is it a trend or a fad? Older guy might be realistic to think he wants a chatbot if he lives alone or in a remote location, but not I. There's plenty of that at the bar or pool for me plus neighbors and wife.

Not believing young folks really will stick with this. I actually think AI may lead to a different outcome when peeps realize the relationship ISN'T real. And competition for a mate may get ugly. Don't they have too many single males in China already?

On the other hand, just like Ukraine, cv19, etc, it's a distraction from the real action.

Go long red pill manufacturer(s).

[Do-or-Die]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T1ICzovFlNU

Dang, if it weren't for that telltale sign on the side of her head, she'd appear nearly indistinguishable from a human being.