Emile comments on Discussion of concrete near-to-middle term trends in AI - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 09 February 2015 11:12:51AM 5 points [-]

We won't have robot butlers or maids in the next ten years.

(for what it's worth, I work on this robot for a living)

Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 10 February 2015 12:28:25AM 2 points [-]

Cool project! Do you think those robots are going to be a big commercial success?

Comment author: Emile 10 February 2015 08:45:10AM 3 points [-]

There are already quite a few of them deployed in stores in Japan, interacting with customers, so for now it's going okay :)

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 09 February 2015 07:18:42PM 2 points [-]

And how is it going?

Comment author: Emile 10 February 2015 08:49:07AM 4 points [-]

Okay, though we're still far from a true robot butler. I don't know if we're ten years away though, especially if you're tolerant in what you expect a butler to be able to do (welcome guests, take their names, point them in the right direction, answer basic questions? We can already do it. Go up a flight of stairs? Not yet.)

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 11 February 2015 12:40:33AM 2 points [-]

You can always just weld the butler on top of Spot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8YjvHYbZ9w (this does not seem to be a significant blocker)