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posted by martyb on Friday May 24 2019, @05:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the Rosie-the-Robot dept.

Why is Facebook doing robotics research? Hint: It's not about the robots

It's a bit strange to hear that the world's leading social network is pursuing research in robotics rather than, say, making search useful, but Facebook is a big organization with many competing priorities. And while these robots aren't directly going to affect your Facebook experience, what the company learns from them could be impactful in surprising ways.

Though robotics is a new area of research for Facebook, its reliance on and bleeding-edge work in AI are well known. Mechanisms that could be called AI (the definition is quite hazy) govern all sorts of things, from camera effects to automated moderation of restricted content.

[...] As Facebook continually works on expanding its influence from its walled garden of apps and services into the rich but unstructured world of your living room, kitchen and office, its AI agents require more and more sophistication. Sure, you won't see a "Facebook robot" any time soon... unless you count the one they already sell, or the one in your pocket right now.

Also at Futurism.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 25 2019, @01:34PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 25 2019, @01:34PM (#847577)

    Um ... my "car" is an Uber driver. I'm not getting into an argument with somebody else's car (unless there's an discount for it).

  • (Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Saturday May 25 2019, @02:56PM

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Saturday May 25 2019, @02:56PM (#847606) Journal

    I'm not getting into an argument with somebody else's car (unless there's an discount for it).

    A: I came here for an argument!!

    B: OH! Oh! I'm sorry! This is abuse!

    A: Oh! Oh I see!

    B: No, you want ridesharing, next door.

    A: Oh... Sorry...

    B: Not at all!

    A: (quietly) Stupid git.

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    I cannot brain today.
    I has the dumb.