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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/15/laundry-sorting-robot-digit-web-summit-ai-future>
"This year’s Web Summit, in Lisbon, was all about artificial intelligence – and
a robot sorting laundry.
Digit, a humanoid built by the US firm Agility Robotics, demonstrated how far
AI has come in a few years by responding to voice commands – filtered through
Google’s Gemini AI model – to sift through a pile of coloured T-shirts and
place them in a basket.
It wasn’t a seamless demonstration but the enthusiastic response, nearly two
years on from the launch of ChatGPT, reflected the excitement about all things
AI that pervaded Europe’s biggest annual tech conference.
Talk of a bust in the AI boom could not be heard over the shouts of
encouragement for Digit as it pondered different shades of garment.
Nonetheless, the voices of caution were there, discussing familiar themes such
as safety, jobs and the climate, as AI comes to influence a huge range of
industries. Here are some of the event’s discussion points about AI."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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