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@OwenGregorian Maybe the robots can build a crankshaft that doesn't cause your engine to dump all it's oil and explode shortly after the warranty expires.

Hyundai Reportedly Demanding ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Boston Dynamics Robots ASAP | Mike Pearl, Gizmodo According to a report from Semafor, it sounds like the C-suite at Boston Dynamics—the company that made the original creepy walking robot videos—has come under a bit of a strain as Hyundai, the Korean automaker that bought a majority stake in Boston Dynamics in 2021, demands a huge manufacturing surge. Earlier this year at CES, Boston Dynamics and Hyundai showed off a startlingly capable new update to its Atlas series of robot prototypes that, it claimed, had a production-ready version all set to be manufactured in “a new robotics factory capable of producing 30,000 Atlas robots a year.” Then in February, as Semafor notes, Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter retired. Then for whatever reason the CTO and CFO left. Semafor’s anonymous sources are former employees, apparently, and they claim that group of executives was forced out. Additional departures have apparently included senior researchers and engineers. The board of directors is reportedly concerned that competitors—Tesla probably among them—are nipping at their heels. The former employees say Hyundai is pressuring Boston Dynamics to generate “tens of thousands” of robots in the next few years for its automotive plants. In that context, it’s interesting to watch Atlas project general manager Zachary Jackowski, who was one of the company leaders onstage at CES, on the podcast Automated last month. In that interview he talks about Playter’s departure, the retirement of the Atlas research robot, and the transition to making a sellable Atlas product: Jackowski compares general purpose humanoid robots to LLMs. In terms reminiscent of what you might hear from an Openclaw productivity enthusiast, he talks about how thanks to LLMs, “the lid just got blown off software engineering and software in general.” He adds, “We’re seeing the same thing in robotics. The magic is the generality.” In Semafor’s phrasing, Boston Dynamics is “under pressure to speed the delivery of working humanoids to Hyundai.” The CES presentation promised the capability to make 30,000 in one year, and it sounds like that’s what Hyundai wants to see as soon as possible. Boston Dynamics is reportedly making four Atlas robots per month as it figures out how to ramp up large-scale manufacturing. The company’s statement to Semafor about the changes within the company focuses on scaling up production, and reads in part, “These changes are designed to help us prepare for the next chapter of Boston Dynamics, where we will need a structure that supports our ability to mass manufacture robots and rapidly drive scale in this emerging industry.” gizmodo.com/hyundai-report…

@JoshuaLisec My health insurance is nearly twice my mortgage. Obama destroyed the whole industry, and his minions make sure it doesn't get fixed.

That was always the point—impoverish the middle class to protect the elite from upstart competition. The Obama legacy.

@akirathedon No step on snek

GREAT NEWS GUYS THERE'S A SNAKE IN MY STUDIO

@RichardHanania And that's why the media is pointedly ignoring Venezuela.

Most people aren't paying attention anymore, but Venezuela has worked out. 1) More political prisoners released than ever before 2) Delcy is purging Maduro loyalists 3) Supporters of Machado can now organize 4) More oil flowing Trump did a heroic thing by removing Maduro.

@ScubaMikeBTC @Ne_pas_couvrir Leftists are *especially* stupid, and will continue to believe the myths even as the "noble savages" they imported and gave a bunch of free stuff to shove a tire soaked in gasoline over their heads.

For decades, prehistorical evidence was forced through a left-wing theory filter: primitive communism, the noble savage, and the myth that violence came from hierarchy, property, and “the system.” But the bones kept talking, and they disagree with the left.

@kebsis @tolkienzone There's hundreds of pictures and articles about the place a search away.

@tolkienzone You guys realize this is AI right?

The Slanic salt mine in Romania is the closest thing to the Mines of Moria on Earth

@DrInsensitive People still don't get it. The left doesn't call you "racist" because they think you're racist. They call you "racist" because it gives them a cover to do all the awful things they want to do to you. Whether or not you actually ARE racist is irrelevant.

It's pathetic to see right-wingers STILL trying to prove they aren't racists. You will get no prize. The Left will never pat you on the head and call you a good boy. All you will get is the ancient curse, to be ruled by foreigners.

@Hitchslap1 Depends on the circumstances. Men generally want to see others succeed UNLESS their goals are mutually exclusive. Some will sabotage direct competition, but usually not indirect competition. Women will sabotage others in scenarios where they get no benefit from doing so.

Do men “actively sabotage” their competitors in the same way as women?

@omgsidewalks Way harder for some Chinese guy to slip past interviews and steal all your corporate secrets if he has to actually show up to the office.

We actually had an incredible opportunity to make remote work the global standard, and we blew it. What really happened? Why did so many companies go back to the office?

@OwenGregorian I'm in the same boat, assuming you count "got strung out on drugs and then punched out his landlord for trying to jack up his rent" as "retired".

The only time I change barbers is when they retire or die.

@em_Lazzy It's almost like anywhere Democrats control becomes unfixable because any resources sent to fix it are stolen

The fact we are going to have our first trillionaire before everyone has access to clean drinking water is proof our current system is not for the greater good but for the greedy.

@Timcast In the original, you'd have to be retarded to hit blue. Zero gain, a bunch of risk. In this one, you'd have to be retarded to hit red.

Everyone is put in front of a red and blue button The blue button requires 50%+ to press it to activate cold fusion making energy essentially free for everyone But if 50%+ press the red button the reactor backfires sending a charge killing anyone who pressed the blue button

@BlackIshgvm @EndWokeness @grok Grok just took him out behind the Learing Center

@EndWokeness @grok is this a mashup of cherry picked, misapplied, and in some cases flat out unreliable numbers? It seems like a common style of the graphic used to push a narrative, not to accurately inform.

Justice Sotomayor: It is racist to prefer more Scandinavian migrants vs more Somalians, Haitians… Net lifetime contribution to economy: 🟢Scandinavian migrants: +$557,000 🔴Caribbean migrants: -$675,000 🔴Somali migrants: -$1.1 million Crime per 100k residents: 🟢Scandinavia: 700 per 100k 🔴Somalia: 3,200 per 100k 🔴Haiti: 3,300 per 100k Average IQ: 🟢Scandinavia: 101 🔴Somalia: 68 🔴Haiti: 67 Literacy rates: 🟢Scandinavian migrants: 99% 🔴Haitian migrants: 65-70% 🔴Somali migrants: 40%

@BowTiedTrance The fact that there's been enough recent leftist assassination attempts for the AI to start mixing them up is kind of wild.

Can somebody at X reboot the AI, please?

@JoshuaLisec Has the left accused Todd of being a secret nazi who also raped some random woman 30 years ago yet, or is central casting still trying to find someone willing to play the role?

Girlbossing 💅 It’s so over

@akirathedon To be fair when your career track is "parasite" you end up with a LOT of free time to kill.

It's literally the easiest thing in the world to not watch this stuff I don't know how anyone even has the time, let alone the inclination

Fixed it 🙏

@mazemoore Democrats are firm believers in "no bad tactics, just bad targets".

After Paul Pelosi was attacked in 2022, Jake Tapper did an entire show on the dangers of stochastic terrorism and of systematically demonizing a person. Tapper blamed the right and QAnon for inciting the attack. He said calling someone a pedophile or claiming that someone is out to hurt people will result in violence. Hey Jake, the entire platform of the Democrat party for the past year has been to call Trump a pedophile and to claim that he is out to hurt people. It's also what Jimmy Kimmel does almost every night. Now after Jimmy Kimmel's "joke" about Melania being a widow, Tapper says that jokes are just jokes and are not calls for violence.

@HLC_actual The Fraud Defense Force will just scream that the judge is a racist and the evidence is faked.

Important to note that in this situation it isn’t “racism” or “bigotry” this means that a federal judge was presented with enough evidence to issue search warrants for these locations.

@tweettruth2me You know you're over the target when the defenses get thick. The left is panicking and lashing out.

It’s unusual to have 1 attempted assassination of a President, but 3 is almost too hard to believe. What is going on?

@piersmorgan How about you practice by reclaiming London, Beans-on-falafel?

If President Trump wants to take the Falkland Islands away from Britain, then we must reclaim the United States. Perfect way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American Independence. King Charles can announce it to Congress next week.