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Amazon to spend $1 billion on startups that combine AI with robots (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by kinther@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Amazon’s $1 billion industrial innovation fund is to step up investments in companies that combine artificial intelligence and robotics, as the ecommerce giant seeks to drive efficiencies across its logistics network.

Franziska Bossart, head of the corporate venture capital arm that was set up in 2022, told the Financial Times that “generative AI holds a lot of promise for robotics and automation” and is an area “we are going to focus on this year.”

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago

The hardest part is teaching them to pee in bottles

[–] five82@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Terminator

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

2028:

Amazon Tactical partners with DoD to build “autonomous combat mechs”

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

2031:

"Hackers steal Amazon Armed Delivery mech, and turn it to a sex bot.

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Huh, I always though Musk would be Ted Faro not Bezos.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Ahem, Fuck Ted Faro.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago

Given what we learned about the Neuralink monkeys, I think there's a major difference between Musk and Faro.

Musk's drones would devour dolphins by design, not because they learned it on their own and became out of control.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Get free shipping on your Amazon Terminator delivery!

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 4 points 9 months ago

What happens when your forklift starts to hallucinate?

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Let the ai robots loose on the floor to discover productivity by themselves. I bet they figure out that giving random chair massages, pats on the back and cake 🍰 distribution is the best way to improve ROI. Depending on company culture and regulation, hand jobs or spanking might also be involved to attract new employees.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

Wen sex bot