The ‘ChatGPT’ Moment for Robotics Is Closer than Ever Thanks to Google
Last Updated on November 5, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Ignacio de Gregorio
Originally published on Towards AI.
Google’s RT-X Robot is Here
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One can safely say that Google Deepmind is to robotics what OpenAI is to Large Language Models.
And even though AI-based robotics generates as much fear as hype due to the intrusive notion of humanity creating highly intelligent AI models embodied into the physical realm, this week, we have seen proof that the field is steadily approaching its ‘ChatGPT’ moment.
Whether you like it or not.
And their new models, the RT-X family, are a statement of fact that AI has reached a point of no return.
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