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Matt Mason (former Director of the CMU Robotics Institute) explaining how even simple manipulation tasks in the home require a lot more than simply learning a trajectory...and the mathematical difference between wedged and jammed drawers. mtmason.com/the-heart-of...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Came across this 1995 email from the MIT AI Grad Student Group mailing list, and thought it was too precious to not share: www.ai.mit.edu/lab/gsb/gsl-...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

they used to sell this backflipping dog toy out the front of the toy store at the mall for like $15 in 1996 youtu.be/7PCCvOcSCqQ?...

submitted 56 days ago • 165 comments

If this were an undergrad research assistant in my lab, we would have parted way right there and then. #DOGE

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Little known, recently discovered fact: Measles wipes out immune protections OTHER diseases: many who recover actually face big future risk. Earlier measles may be implicated in HALF OF ALL LATER CHILDHOOD DEATHS from ALL infectious diseases before vaccines. Gift🔗👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

submitted 72 days ago • 15 comments

So I did try Grok 3 out today, and I managed to throw it into an infinite "thinking" loop in my first try, with the simplest of questions. 🤦 #Grok3 #XAI #AI #LLM

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk's wrecking-ball strategy to government, recently exemplified by his idea to make away with regulations, which should be "default gone. And if it turns out that we missed the mark [...] we can always add it back in” is classic inexperienced software developer mindset.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Are you going to a Big Game party on Sunday? Or perhaps going to watch the pro football championship game? Or take in the majestic splendor of the Superb Owl? You can also just call it by its real name: the Super Bowl.

submitted 92 days ago • 7 comments