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Multiple readings Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher Building & implementation · 4 attributable reactions Multiple readings Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft | TechCrunch 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 Questions & unknowns reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Jane Rosenzweig
“Just two of many questions: 1. Why anthropomorphize ("female robot, named Sally, will have a “lifelike appearance” with silicone skin and long brown hair")? Notably, students will interact with the bot by providing a identification codes, so obvs. not like …” 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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Primary source nysfocus.com ↗
Established Models & releases Development 14d ago
⚡ 5 h early
Anthropic ad creeps out users

Anthropic's newest ad is creeping people out | TechCrunch

4 experts are actively discussing the implications.

Why this matches Questions & unknowns reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Dare Obasanjo
“It seems running an ad showing a homeless person sleeping on the street and rows upon rows of tombstones in a cemetery then asking what do we do “when AI takes almost all the jobs?” and “can AI be trusted?” isn’t going over well. Another great example of An…” evidence ↗
2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Hypervisible Dare Obasanjo

“It seems running an ad showing a homeless person sleeping on the street and rows upon rows of tombstones in a cemetery then asking what do we do “when AI takes almost all the jobs?” and “can AI be trusted?” isn’t going over well. Another great example of An…”

“Just straight up running Doomer commercials now.”

4 experts discussed this · 12 posts
Hypervisible : Just straight up running Doomer commercials now.
Hypervisible : 💀
Hypervisible : I need @doriantaylor.com and @fasterandworse.com to see this.
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Primary source techcrunch.com ↗
Established Models & releases Development 12d ago

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft | TechCrunch

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Questions & unknowns reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · launchit.ai
“Apple suing OpenAI for poaching employees AND trade secrets. What do you think: does this happen all the time but it’s rarely caught, or is it kind of rare, and the people doing it just aren’t that… sophisticated?” evidence ↗
5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Meredith Broussard Olivia Guest Dare Obasanjo Dr. Elinor Carmi launchit.ai
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“What are the odds that OpenAI, a company whose whole business model is to steal from everyone and who has journalists write articles/books on how Sam Altman is a serial liar, would then steal company secrets from the company it's in partnership with? Ask Ap…”

Questions & unknowns

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What remains unresolved or contested.

“Apple suing OpenAI for poaching employees AND trade secrets. What do you think: does this happen all the time but it’s rarely caught, or is it kind of rare, and the people doing it just aren’t that… sophisticated?”

2 experts discussed this · 3 posts
Dare Obasanjo: Apple is suing OpenAI for stealing trade secrets. Apple alleges that senior OpenAI executives, who are ex-Apple, ask job candidates to bring in Apple hardware components to their interviews and coa…
Dare Obasanjo: "behind closed doors at OpenAI, where such misconduct is normalized and exemplified by leadership...As a natural result, OpenAI’s nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations,…
Gus: Hum, this is quite serious! It's incredible how oai in stock a skirt time has so many legal issues Maybe their next model won't be strong in coding but in court defence
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Primary source techcrunch.com ↗