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Magma: A foundation model for multimodal AI agents

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301 points SerCe | 4 comments | 20 Feb 25 02:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Oras ◴[20 Feb 25 08:53 UTC] No.43112544[source]▶
Looking at industrial robots they don't mimic how humans do things, and hence, they are efficient. That's why I don't understand how these propsals to teach robots how humans do things will make any sense.

To have robots at homes, they will need their tools to be efficient. It will not be the same washing machine, oven, or dishwasher that we use now, there will be new ones made for robots.

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1. victorbjorklund ◴[20 Feb 25 10:20 UTC] No.43113074[source]▶
Why is it important to be efficient at home for a robot? If you have an industrial robot churning out parts 24/7 in a factory shaving of 3 sec on a 30 sec process is very valuable. But does it really matter if the robot folds your laundry in 3 min or 5 min? Probably not unless you are running a dry cleaner business.
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2. daliusd ◴[20 Feb 25 11:37 UTC] No.43113522[source]▶
Well, difference between 3 and 4 hours meanwhile might be important if robot is noisy.
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3. pmg101 ◴[20 Feb 25 13:11 UTC] No.43114215[source]▶
For me doing the dishes is a 10-15 minute chore in the sink with some hot water but most people don't seem to object that their dishwasher takes 3 hours to do the same job with superheated steam or whatever. It still saves them the 15 minutes.
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4. webmaven ◴[20 Feb 25 14:41 UTC] No.43115223{3}[source]▶
Don't forget that the dishwasher also uses less water and the dishes get sterilized by the steam.These features may or may not be important for a particular user.