Robotics
Two Robots Made a Bed Without Saying a Word. That Was the Hard Part.
Figure's humanoids tidied a room and made a bed in under two minutes, fully autonomous, coordinating with nothing but head nods. The chore is trivial for people and brutally hard for machines, which is exactly why this clip matters more than any backflip. The open question is whether it is a product or a very expensive demonstration.
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Economy
Jeff Bezos Says AI Will Leave Us Short of Workers. Half of America Isn't Buying It.
In Paris this week Bezos offered the sunniest forecast going: AI will create a labour shortage, not mass unemployment. A fresh Reuters/Ipsos poll finds half of American workers fear the opposite. The catch in the optimist case is a transition that historically took generations, and this time there may be only a decade.
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