Robot shelf-stack fail suggests they won't take our jobs just yet
by HAL 90210 from Technology | The Guardian on (#2ZAA0)
Boston Dynamics demo clip shows we are not quite living in an i, Robot future - even if the machines can skate better than you can
Technology baron Elon Musk is scared of AI, warning of visions of the robot apocalypse when Terminator-esque machines decide they no longer need humans. But judging from the progress made by arguably the most advanced humanoid robots, if Terminator does show up, it won't even be able to stack shelves without falling over.
The hilarious outtake was part of a video demonstrating the advances made by former Google-owned Boston Dynamics, featuring a series of robots including the Atlas humanoid automaton, which while impressive in many respects is far from a highly capable robotic killing machine - or job taker.
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