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I have no doubt thatAppleis exploring robotics, and has probably been doing so for years.
I’d counter that we’re not nearly as close as we think.
Yes, there are some amazing demos ofrobots understanding conversation and learning on the fly.
AI is truly supercharging the cognition side of things.
Apple’s apparent pivot towards robotics as some sort of failed car-business consolation prize makes no sense.
But that makes no sense.
If a robot fails to appear responsive, friendly, and ready to anthropomorphize, it will fail.
Even when those benchmarks are met, robot products fail.
Of course you don’t.
Its a robot, so lets celebrate the fact its a robot," Dr. Brezeal told me.
I enjoyed my brief time with it, and within a few years, it had disappeared.
Maybe it was the development costs, but more likely it’s that consumers just weren’t buying.
I’ve seen so many companion robots in my time that invariably come with big promises of global domination.
At most, they end up in elder-care homes, where aging adults petrobot sealsandfury techno dogs.
Would Apple really build a product for what is clearly an edge case?
I get what’s happening here.
