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Krafton is betting its experience creating AI teammates can help humanoid robots understand people. But translating virtual intelligence into physical…
What this means for you
The article describes a robotics industry push to make humanoids "part of everyday life, taking on work in homes and offices," and says Krafton is drawing on its experience creating AI teammates in games to help humanoid robots understand people. For readers working or managing households in the US, the article does not say which tasks or occupations such robots would take on, or on what timeline, so any effect on jobs or household routines is left undetermined. It also does not address visas or immigration, wages, prices, schooling, safety or family life. What it does document is the scale of investment: Figure raised more than $1 billion last year at a $39 billion valuation, and the robotics software startup Skild AI secured $1.4 billion in January. The article adds that translating virtual intelligence into physical reality is described as a different challenge.
Source: Fast Company
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