That's a strange comparison. Wheels are incredibly limited in the type of surfaces they can be used on.

> That's a strange comparison

It's not strange at all, I was responding to a specific, incorrect claim. I even quoted the wrong claim in my earlier comment , and I'll repeat it again, with added emphasis

>>> humans are incredibly efficient, from an energy perspective, in anything we do, compared to machines

I simply provided contrary evidence to a well-defined, falsifiable claim. How is that strange?

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zaat 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, but walking and moving on wheels is oranges and apples. It would be a relevant comparison if a robot with a movement mechanism based on two feet was more efficient than a human.

	▲	jason_oster 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I’ll admit, at first, I thought the human vs machine comparison was about humanoid machines. But that’s too narrowly defined to be a useful comparison. Most machines in use today are not humanoid. Then to boldly claim that humans are more efficient at anything compared to a machine, just does not follow.

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jimbokun 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You're not wrong.

But annoyingly pedantic.