AI parcel robot mirrors novice human performance in imagined task

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A user on Mastodon shared amusement over a parcel sorting robot, likening its performance to that of a human novice in an artificial setting. The user humorously noted this reflects a common AI approach of tackling imagined tasks without prior real-world experience or observation. AI

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RANK_REASON The item is a social media post expressing amusement and opinion about a robot, not reporting on a significant AI development.

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Amused by this parcel sorting robot. Very much in the # AI tradition of "How hard can it be do do this job I am imagining in my head but have never done, or see

Amused by this parcel sorting robot. Very much in the # AI tradition of "How hard can it be do do this job I am imagining in my head but have never done, or seen being done?" Look, it performs as well as some human who has clearly never done it before either, in the weird fake re…

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Amused by this parcel sorting robot. Very much in the # AI tradition of "How hard can it be do do this job I am imagining in my head but have never done, or see

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