[jwblackwell]

The upshot of this is that anyone will be able to order a couple of robot arms from China and then set them up in a garage, programming them with just text, like we do with LLMs now.

Time to think bigger.

[muzani]

"Time to think bigger."

I want to strap robot arms to paralyzed people so they could walk around, pick up stuff, and climb buildings with them.

[ethan_smith]

Climb buildings? ಠ_ಠ

[numba888]

you probably need robotic leg for walking. or better pony. but doing anything physically requires at least working torso.

[ddalex]

> programming them with just text

Isn't programming just text anyway ?

[dinkumthinkum]

I guess the question is where will they get the money to order those things?

[jwblackwell]

The cost of robotics is coming down, check out Unitree. A couple of robot arms would cost about the same as a minimum wageworker for 1 year right now. But of course they can go virtually 24/7 so likely 1/3rd the cost

[danavar]

Or put a few 6 axis arms on a track that goes throughout a home and have an instant home assistants

[jansan]

Those tracks could be at the ceiling. Imagine a robot arm in a kitchen that is dangling from the ceiling. It could be helping when needed and disappear in a cupboard after that.

[sottol]

> Time to think bigger.

Ehh, no need - just let the LLM figure out what to build in your garage.