Alvaro Mendoza-Li

why is it so easy to find flaws in other people, yet so difficult to see them in ourselves? life would be way easier if it were a third-person videogame.

This is so good. We are so blessed. I'll be always grateful for being able to live this moment of history. "People are happier when they make things" and yes, I'm happier now 🙏

Today we share the worldview behind our mission. Human values don't average out. Local knowledge can't be centralized. The good future has many AIs, raised in different places, shaped by the people they serve, disagreeing with each other the way we do. thinkingmachines.ai/blog/the-futur…

The biggest mistake young founders make is a variant of this: to build something you imagine people want, instead of studying them and figuring out what they actually do want. But the hack for beating this is to roll with your solipsism and make something for yourself.

For those of you using GPT 5.6 Sol today to get work done: remember, if it were up to people like Dario, GPT 2 could not have been released, and if it were up to the AI 2040 crowd, we'd now have a totalitarian world government run by EAs to "protect us". You have these wonderful tools, and indeed, you have individual freedom, only because such people have failed so far. But they have not given up, and the fight continues; constant vigilance is the price of a society not run by those people "for our own good". They are a threat not only because they would shut down AI research but because in order to do it they would happily turn the world into a nightmarish horror. "For our own good", of course.

It’s yapmaxxing time

Loved the comics and the conversation!

We all love Gracie 🫶

@raulb4s and @mbrq_13 testing teleop with HandUMI at the @0xnonhuman lab in Peru 🇵🇪, 7,250 km away from SF. This is part of the tests to make sure the IK works correctly and that the data collected with HandUMI feels like teleoperated data, but much cheaper. The complete software will be open sourced in the coming days! Data collection, teleop in sim and in real, data postprocessing, etc. Stay tuned! Want to collaborate on HandUMI or build your own? Join our Discord: discord.gg/V47FuUkFA

Alien Technology

Why do people keep collecting data with teleoperation when a bimanual robot setup costs more than $10k? Isn't there a solution that gives you the same data quality without the robot? At @robonet_, we want to build the Internet of Robotics. As part of that mission, we built HandUMI, a hand-worn data collection device for bimanual arms with parallel-jaw grippers. Specs per unit: - 276.5 grams - $110.68 - Encoder-precision gripper aperture - Integrated wrist camera - Tracking with the VR headset of your choice (Pico/Quest) - More than 5 grippers supported (Piper, Trossen, ARX, Soft gripper, Dream gripper) The best part: all the hardware is open source! Thanks @fdotinc for the hardware lab and the space to make this possible. ft. @alvax64 @leoperzz @raulb4s @mbrq_13 @BryanBRstds @Aryan_Mangla_ , and the rest of the @0xnonhuman team.

the worst part about good times is that they end

One week ago, I arrived to San Francisco only with a bag, a head full of dreams and a body and mind ready to work like a psychopath at @fdotinc. It has been great so far and I know it's going to be even better soon. ft. @autobrik