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How Long Until a Robot Is Doing Your Chores?
BBC ^ | 8/28 | Ben Morris

Posted on 08/30/2023 7:02:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Imagine the biggest market for a physical product you can. Are you thinking of mobile phones? Cars? Property?

They are all chunky markets but in the coming decades a new product will be rolled out that will dwarf those giants, says Geordie Rose, the chief executive of Sanctuary AI.

The Vancouver-based firm is developing a humanoid robot called Phoenix which, when complete, will understand what we want, understand the way the world works and have the skills to carry out our commands.

"The long term total addressable market is the biggest one that's ever existed in the history of business and technology - which is the labour market. It's all of the things we want done," he says.

Before we get too ahead of ourselves, he qualifies that statement: "There is a long way to go from where we are today."

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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1 posted on 08/30/2023 7:02:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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AI would be good for us slobs to give us a prompting to make sure we cleaned up.


2 posted on 08/30/2023 7:06:54 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liaaaaaaaaberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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But will you be able to charge it between 4:00 and 8:00 pm or will that cause blackouts?

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3 posted on 08/30/2023 7:08:28 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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4 posted on 08/30/2023 7:09:05 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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“How Long Until a Robot Is Doing Your Chores?”

Not soon enough! I need a ‘Rosie’ or I need another WIFE around here!


5 posted on 08/30/2023 7:11:54 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I need another WIFE around here!

You could always become Muslim! LOL

6 posted on 08/30/2023 7:12:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I don’t want a robot to do my chores. I gripe but I like my chores.


7 posted on 08/30/2023 7:24:54 PM PDT by Irenic
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How long until your chores are done by robots?

Well, my son turns 13 so he's doing good. 10 year old still needs some training!

8 posted on 08/30/2023 7:30:51 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Das dicke Ende kommt noc!)
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Not soon enough.


9 posted on 08/30/2023 7:32:50 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: TLI

It better be able to go all day. Between 4:00 and 8:00 I want it to make me dinner and clean up the mess


10 posted on 08/30/2023 7:33:05 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: nickcarraway

Never.


11 posted on 08/30/2023 7:35:30 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, โ€œSurely I am coming soon.โ€ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Olog-hai
They've been promising these for almost a century.


Even the Roomba, despite more than two decades of development, can't handle dog feces.



12 posted on 08/30/2023 7:38:51 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Well, one of the ways anyway.
13 posted on 08/30/2023 7:39:43 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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You mean I won’t have to hire Mexicans anymore?


14 posted on 08/30/2023 7:40:33 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: nickcarraway

How long until we are doing the robots’ chores?


15 posted on 08/30/2023 7:46:16 PM PDT by x
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Yeah, and how long until it breaks down? Just like that new washing machine bought in the middle of C didn’t work on day one and Home Depot and Whirlpool (Made in the USA) wouldn’t fix it.


16 posted on 08/30/2023 8:00:05 PM PDT by bgill
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What if itโ€™s the dog thatโ€™s blaming the Roomba?


17 posted on 08/30/2023 8:29:29 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: nickcarraway

My robot lawn mower is 2 years old and going strong. I also have robot vacuum for tiled areas of house for over a year. Love both. Now I have more time to go to gym.


18 posted on 08/30/2023 8:38:49 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to serve people. GO TRUMP)
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To: Olog-hai

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ I loved the Jetsons


19 posted on 08/30/2023 8:56:41 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: nickcarraway

So there won’t be a reason for men to get married anymore? (kidding...)


20 posted on 08/30/2023 10:05:46 PM PDT by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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