Source: The Verge
Summary
Meta unveiled a prototype for a chatbot that can interact with the physical world. The IRL prototype uses a robotic arm and a camera to manipulate objects. According to Meta, the goal is to create a robot that can learn to perform tasks in the real world. The prototype is still in its early stages, and the company has not announced a release date. Meta also showcased a chatbot that can understand and respond to natural language inputs.
Our Reading
The announcement sounds ambitious.
Meta’s IRL prototype is a robotic arm and camera combo that’s supposed to learn tasks. Because we didn’t have enough robotic arms and cameras already. The chatbot part is also “new”, somehow. This is Meta’s attempt to make AI more “real”. How quaint.
Author: Evan Null
