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Multiple readings Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher Building & implementation · 4 attributable reactions Multiple readings This is nuts. When's the crash? Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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Established Agents & robotics Development 11d ago
⚡ 19 h early
Rural NY school humanoid robot teacher

Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher

12 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · sorelle
“Seriously, this article contains such amazing ridiculousness. What fresh hell is this: "They'll be able to say, 'Hey, I'm student number 1234,' and then the robot will be like, 'Hey, we were talking about this yesterday, do you want to continue that convers…” evidence ↗
12 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Olivia Guest Taylor Lorenz Hypervisible Luke Stark sorelle Dare Obasanjo Charles Logan Meredith Rose +4
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Building & implementation

2 experts

How teams are shipping and applying it.

“A rural New York school district has teamed up with a crypto/sex doll company to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant in the classroom this fall.”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up…”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“Seriously, this article contains such amazing ridiculousness. What fresh hell is this: "They'll be able to say, 'Hey, I'm student number 1234,' and then the robot will be like, 'Hey, we were talking about this yesterday, do you want to continue that convers…”

4 experts discussed this · 25 posts
Julie Carpenter, PhD: As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from hu…
Julie Carpenter, PhD: This fall, Salamanca City Central School District in rural Western New York is putting a humanoid robot named "Sally" in the classroom. Not a metaphor. A silicone-skinned, seated robot plus an AI a…
Julie Carpenter, PhD: Start with who's being sold this. Salamanca sits entirely within the Seneca Nation reservation. 32% of students are American Indian or Alaska Native. 79% are economically disadvantaged. This is exa…
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Established AI field signal Analysis 3d ago
⚡ 35 h early
FTAV AI market crash concern essay

This is nuts. When's the crash?

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ed Zitron
“1. Incredible new title given to me by the Financial Times 2. This is a great piece about how AI skepticism feels like the consensus now ftav.substack.com/p/this-is-nu...” evidence ↗
3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Ed Zitron Christopher Mims Amy Hoy
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“The base case on the future of the AI financial bubble now ranges from "it doesn't look great" to impending "massive capital destruction" as companies like OpenAI fail to ever repay their debt, and we get a repeat of the 2008 crash but with different assets…”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“1. Incredible new title given to me by the Financial Times 2. This is a great piece about how AI skepticism feels like the consensus now ftav.substack.com/p/this-is-nu...”

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2 experts · 55 posts · 4d ago
e.w. niedermeyer Amy Hoy
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“Musk says he took SpaceX public in order to give regular people the opportunity to own part of it, so it was basically an act of charity” evidence ↗
e.w. niedermeyer: about to engage in self-harm (watch the entire Elon Musk Economist interview)
e.w. niedermeyer: you can tell Musk is a terrible prognosticator about technology and the future because he says utterly meaningless things like "AI will exceed all human intelligence" what does that mean? what is "…
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3 experts · 4 posts · 6d ago
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) 🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 Amy Hoy
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“Forever angry that there are some useful non -AI tools that have rebranded as AI for sweet, sweet clout.” evidence ↗
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE): Forever angry that there are some useful non -AI tools that have rebranded as AI for sweet, sweet clout.
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE): Your photo editing software isn’t “AI powered:” it’s doing the same shit it did a decade ago with a shiny AI label.
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