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A growing number of forecasters are sketching a near future that feels grim—but plausible: rapid AI capability gains, uneven job displacement, and institutions that move far slower than the technology reshaping everyday life. A recent essay on “2028” scenario dynamics argues that we should take seriously how quickly incentives, labor markets, and power structures can […]

In the rapidly-evolving landscape of robotics and AI, new developments out of Stanford demonstrate the eternally elusive ability to automate dexterous assembly tasks is close at hand—which will lead to significant disruption in factory automation. The project, Mobile Aloha, uses low-cost hardware and imitation learning to master tasks ranging from cooking and cleaning to the

Since the release of ChatGPT late last year, the public has become enamored with AI. I have too (though my interest predates this). In fact, I believe we are at the precipice of an AI-fueled technology explosion unlike anything humanity has experienced. This is exciting news and I have a sister post to this one

Companies have tried and failed to create useful humanoid robots for decades. Is that all about to change? Figure.ai Raises $70M for humanoid robot development. Is it finally time for useful humanoid robots? https://arynews.tv/figure–ai-humanoid-robots Organizations have been chasing the elusive humanoid robot for a long time. NASA started its Robonaut (R1) project in 1997, releasing

In his article, AI Prompt Engineering Isn’t the Future , Oguz A. Acar makes a case that prompt engineering is going to be a very transient need. Instead, he says that problem formulation is the real long-term need when working with AIs. I tend to agree. As LLMs continue to improve it gets easier for

The worldwide Coronavirus pandemic is forcing companies to adopt broad work-from-home policies. For many of us, remote work is nothing new, but such an abrupt, radical shift can be disruptive to organizations. This article describes lessons learned over the past 15 years while building and growing a work-from-home engineering company. When Energid started, we had