Why are they using a humanoid, battery driven android for sorting the packages? We’ve had automated conveyer systems, powered directly from the mains, for decades that do this sort of thing. If you put a recognition camera on the conveyer with a flip arm, it could do the same thing, work 24/7 without a break, no batteries, optimised for the conveyor system…
Because they’re showing how wonderful their Android tech is I guess. i.e. it would seem a marketing stunt. It’s pretty clear there is no product more consistently rectangular than 99% of parcels, so you certainly don’t need the robot’s implied dexterity, when a pair of cameras can see 5 of six sides, and a simple flip would get the remaining side.
Paris’ suggestion of destroying the Lenovo Chromebook was pretty funny.
It would be cool is AI could learn to talk to animals (like Leo’s cat).
Leo’s point about Paris really stuck with me. We were never thwarted as children. I got everything I wanted. I like to think it’s because I was asking for reasonable things. I was never really big into toys, I loved electronics/video games.
The only “hot toy” craze I ever remember was the Nintendo Wii, which my parents got for me as a Hanukkah gift and I found it in like, October. It was the only time my parents ever really had to get something that was hard to find. I also got a new DS (the black DS Lite) as a graduation gift for elementary school and at the time that was also a bit hard to find.
I think the only time I can remember my parents saying no was when there was a trendy hoodie which costed like $50 but it was just a solid colour. My dad was like “no… there’s nothing special about this solid green hoody. it’s just a trend” and he was right.
Also I would’ve LOVED that Invader Zim hoodie…
“For those of you who have seen me playing with my Agent” - Leo
After skipping the interview, I really enjoyed this episode and it reminded me about what I liked about TWIG.
So yes, that was the implication during the live recording.