| ▲ | bluefirebrand 16 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
> It’s funny how absurdly dismissive and condescending tech people can be about difficult problems in other people’s fields that they know absolutely nothing about "Machines can do stuff humans cannot do" isn't exactly groundbreaking in 2026. The only interesting part of this story is that this particular machine form factor looks pretty much like a human It's still not exactly shocking news that it can outrun a human. Of course it can. We're well past John Henry vs the Machine at this point in history | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | DrewADesign 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Not that it looks like a human — that it basically is structured like a human skeletal system. It’s an incredible technical accomplishment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | scotty79 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
> The only interesting part of this story is that this particular machine form factor looks pretty much like a human That's the whole goddamn point of this. Fast stable autonomous bipedal locomotion was out of reach of human technology for decades. Since this year it isn't. This was impossible year ago, despite all of the achievements of humanity, cumulative, till the year 2025, included. Now it isn't. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||