A startup targeted on growing general-purpose humanoids has attracted investments from Jeff Bezos, Nvidia Corp., and different main tech corporations in its most up-to-date funding spherical amid the quickly increasing synthetic intelligence bubble.
Individuals aware of the investing spherical advised Bloomberg that Determine AI – backed by OpenAI and Microsoft Corp – is elevating $675 million, with a pre-money valuation of roughly $2 billion. They stated Bezo’s agency, Discover Investments LLC, has dedicated $100 million. Microsoft has dedicated $95 million, whereas Nvidia and Amazon plan $50 million every.
The funding spherical is just not but full, and the quantities might change, with the likelihood that the offers might nonetheless collapse.
Determine’s AI-powered robotic seems very related in design to the Terminator murderer robotic within the early Nineties movie “Terminator.”
Recall the Terminator robotic.
Let’s hope this Terminator-like robotic is just not skilled on a woke-tuned mannequin like Gemini – now that may be a catastrophe for humankind.
Is it utilizing Gemini to “assume”? https://t.co/gSaTN9Os59
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 23, 2024
Watch the humanoid, known as “Determine 01,” make a cup of espresso. The startup posted on X:
Determine 01 has realized to make espresso.
Finish-to-end AI system, skilled in 10 hours, simply by watching people make espresso.
Our neural networks are taking video in, trajectories out
Determine 01 has realized to make espresso ☕️
Finish-to-end AI system, skilled in 10 hours, simply by watching people make espresso
Our neural networks are taking video in, trajectories out
Be a part of us to ship a fleet of AI robots: https://t.co/7fGEbRbeol pic.twitter.com/DNAZWnaqUv
— Determine (@Figure_robot) January 7, 2024
Based on Determine’s web site, growing general-purpose humanoids goals to “make a optimistic influence on humanity and create a greater life for future generations” by “eliminating the necessity for unsafe and undesirable jobs — in the end permitting us to dwell happier, extra purposeful lives.”
As we have previewed to premium subs, Goldman believes AI might set off 300 million layoffs by this decade.
The working poor don’t have anything to fret about as a result of when robots displace their jobs, governments will start helicopter-dropping month-to-month stimmy checks (bear in mind all of the free cash throughout Covid) within the type of common fundamental earnings (socialism).
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