Pretty much. There’s basically zero chance this will not end up on the pile of products released way before they reached commercial viability.
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sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’d love to have a robot to handle basic home maintenance tasks. Somehow, I’m not quite willing to bet $20k and $500/month on this thing being anything more than a gimmick. I’d also be really curious what happens to my $20k robot if I cancel the subscription and/or the company goes under. Do I just end up with a really expensive object lesson is poor spending decisions?
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Move fast and break things.
And by “things” they mean “functionality”.
I’d also bet on “security” being one of those things. I can’t wait to hear about the first time some kids from 4chan take control of one of these bots.
HubertManne@piefed.social 16 hours ago
wait. wait. wait. theres a monthly fee as well?
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
What, you expect to actually own something that costs you $20k? Quit obstructing their access to your bank account. Think of the shareholders!
HubertManne@piefed.social 14 hours ago
I know this is a little off from your reply but seriously there are so many things that fight me for me to send them money to pay for it rather than they sucking the money from me. its like no. just no.
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
They want you to set up autopay so that you forget about it and just keep paying them forever. Similar reason that every online store wants to save your credit card info. The less friction you have to paying for something, the more likely you are to do it.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I mean, it’s 2026. I can’t imagine the robot can’t be jailbroken.
dandi8@fedia.io 1 day ago
Who's gonna hire an Indian to teleoperate it, then?
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Just buy a VR headset and become the Indian. By the time the company goes under, you can probably get an AI good enough to handle 80% of tasks and you can just patch in on critical steps for tricky stuff.
dandi8@fedia.io 1 day ago
If I'm teleoperating it myself, I may as well do the chores myself.
I'm also dubious of the claim that AI will get "good enough" in the few years (at best) it takes the company to fold.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 15 hours ago
Sure, but without the giant data center running it, the robot won’t be able to do anything.
$20k is probably decent for the amount of hardware you get, but the software is what would make this actually useful. And it’s a long bet on if they can make it work.
Of course I wouldn’t bring anything like this into my home that connects to a remote data center, it would have to be 100% locally run.
artyom@piefed.social 22 hours ago
I mean they demoed this thing not that long ago and it was a disaster. So yeah, my expectations are low.