Big thing
Odyssey puts a simulated fruit fly brain inside its world model, and it flies on its own
The fly steers itself through scenes that Odyssey-3, the real-time world model Odyssey launched on 8 October, generates as it goes. Odyssey hasn't said whose brain emulation it used or how the brain is wired to the world (@window98se).
Wonder, then doubts about how fly-like it is. r/singularity, in reply: "It probably thinks it's dreaming." Another: "Why does it never land or circle back around. Which all flies do constantly." The top reply said to "take it with a grain of salt".
Labs news & launches
1. Musk says the Roadster will do its stunts by itself, "as it will be sentient"
A day after the flying Roadster's reveal, Musk said owners will be able to ask it to perform any of the demo's tricks autonomously, and promised a looping test track at Tesla's Texas HQ. Later he added: "Optimus and Cybercab will be the vast majority of Tesla's value... But Roadster is super cool, so we're doing it anyway" (@elonmusk).
Doubts about the demo car. @ylecun: compressed air gives "less than 10s of useful thrust", so the car "must be an empty, lightweight shell": "Cute demo, but totally impractical." r/accelerate's top post (2,857 pts) called it "a PR stunt with an empty shell"; a reply said the photo was taken from "the worst angle".
Heat: very high · 19.5M views, 70 posts (5.9M on Musk's reply) · 2,857 pts on r/accelerate
2. Altman says OpenAI will build a humanoid
Asked on Alex Heath's Sources podcast (1 Sep) whether OpenAI will make one, Altman said "We will", and that the body matters less than "the brain that makes the robot work". OpenAI lists 27 robotics openings (@Lanbrew), including custom actuators and manufacturing.
None yet beyond the reposts.
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3. Devanthro becomes Plim Robotics and shows a home robot your family can step into
The Munich company's Plim is a 1.65 m, 80 kg wheeled robot with 7-DoF arms and two-finger grippers, running on NVIDIA Jetson Thor. It does chores and keeps company on its own, or a relative or carer drives it from up to 9,000 km away, their face on its display. No price or date yet.
None yet.
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