Stocking shelves maybe? This seems like the best answer so far.
Packing boxes in warehouses (if that’s not already done by robots?)
What about flipping burgers?
What about driving trucks? Specifically, get an already-autonomous truck and then put one of these bots in it, so that if you need some physical hands to help unload the truck or fill it up with gas or do any of those ordinary menial tasks associated with driving long distances, you’ve got them. (A human can teleoperate remotely when the need arises)
Maybe ordinary factory automation? To my surprise regular factory robots cost something like $50,000; if that’s because they aren’t mass-produced enough to benefit from economies of scale, then Tesla can swoop in with $20,000 humanoid robots and steal market share. (Though also the fact that regular factory robots cost so much is evidence that Tesla won’t be able to get the price of their bots down so low) https://insights.globalspec.com/article/4788/what-is-the-real-cost-of-an-industrial-robot-arm
Maybe cleaning? In theory a robot like this could handle a mop, a broom, a dust wand, a sponge, a vacuum, etc. Could e.g. take all the objects off your sink, spray it with cleaner and wipe it down, then put all the objects back.
Maybe cooking? Can chop carrots and stuff like that. Can probably follow a recipe, albeit hard-coded ones. If it can clean, then it can clean up its own messes.
I wish I had a better understanding of the economy so I could have more creative ideas for bot-ready jobs. I bet there are a bunch I haven’t thought of.
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Tesla FSD currently runs on hopium: People pay for it and provide training data for it, in the hopes that in a few years it’ll be the long-prophecied robocar.
Maybe a similar business model could work for Optimus. If they are steadily improving it and developing an exponentially growing list of skills for it, people will believe that in a few years it’ll be a fully functioning household servant, and then people will buy it and provide training data even if all it can do is clumsily move around the house and put small objects from the floor to the shelves and even if it needs to be picked up off the floor multiple times a day.
Yeah, that’s the crux...
Stocking shelves maybe? This seems like the best answer so far.
Packing boxes in warehouses (if that’s not already done by robots?)
What about flipping burgers?
What about driving trucks? Specifically, get an already-autonomous truck and then put one of these bots in it, so that if you need some physical hands to help unload the truck or fill it up with gas or do any of those ordinary menial tasks associated with driving long distances, you’ve got them. (A human can teleoperate remotely when the need arises)
Maybe ordinary factory automation? To my surprise regular factory robots cost something like $50,000; if that’s because they aren’t mass-produced enough to benefit from economies of scale, then Tesla can swoop in with $20,000 humanoid robots and steal market share. (Though also the fact that regular factory robots cost so much is evidence that Tesla won’t be able to get the price of their bots down so low) https://insights.globalspec.com/article/4788/what-is-the-real-cost-of-an-industrial-robot-arm
Maybe cleaning? In theory a robot like this could handle a mop, a broom, a dust wand, a sponge, a vacuum, etc. Could e.g. take all the objects off your sink, spray it with cleaner and wipe it down, then put all the objects back.
Maybe cooking? Can chop carrots and stuff like that. Can probably follow a recipe, albeit hard-coded ones. If it can clean, then it can clean up its own messes.
I wish I had a better understanding of the economy so I could have more creative ideas for bot-ready jobs. I bet there are a bunch I haven’t thought of.
...
Tesla FSD currently runs on hopium: People pay for it and provide training data for it, in the hopes that in a few years it’ll be the long-prophecied robocar.
Maybe a similar business model could work for Optimus. If they are steadily improving it and developing an exponentially growing list of skills for it, people will believe that in a few years it’ll be a fully functioning household servant, and then people will buy it and provide training data even if all it can do is clumsily move around the house and put small objects from the floor to the shelves and even if it needs to be picked up off the floor multiple times a day.