1. Childcare: er, nope. Look at the "changing a nappy" problem from a comp. sci. perspective and you realise that it's one of the HARD problems in AI. You've got vision -- recognizing the different bits of the baby and tracking them in real time (babies don't stay still and they change shape). You've got chemotaxis -- establishing when the nappy needs changing (as opposed to, baby just farted). You've got proprioception: your nappy-changing robot needs to be able to fold soft structures (nappies) in three dimensions around another structure of variable texture which is extremely pressure and temperature sensitive and can be damaged trivially easily. Worse: it's not just snipping away a soiled nappy and applying a new one -- you've got to clean the baby's bottom (a moving three-dimensional surface), you've got to apply any necessary ointments, baby powder, oil, or medication, and you've got to do this all without hurting or irritating the babyMy take is that nappy changing is basically an "AI complete" problem
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1. Childcare: er, nope. Look at the "changing a nappy" problem from a comp. sci. perspective and you realise that it's one of the HARD problems in AI. You've got vision -- recognizing the different bits of the baby and tracking them in real time (babies don't stay still and they change shape). You've got chemotaxis -- establishing when the nappy needs changing (as opposed to, baby just farted). You've got proprioception: your nappy-changing robot needs to be able to fold soft structures (nappies) in three dimensions around another structure of variable texture which is extremely pressure and temperature sensitive and can be damaged trivially easily. Worse: it's not just snipping away a soiled nappy and applying a new one -- you've got to clean the baby's bottom (a moving three-dimensional surface), you've got to apply any necessary ointments, baby powder, oil, or medication, and you've got to do this all without hurting or irritating the babyMy take is that nappy changing is basically an "AI complete" problem ( ... )
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We're all doomed.
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