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In reply to the discussion: This is why we are not about to be replaced by robots [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)because it doesn't see any practical market for the tech.
Again, the robots in the video are working in a controlled environment, handing specifically defined objects, for a limited amount of time. As soon as you start changing these variable, the robots immediately run into problems. Each new variable you add, increases the complexity of the code, which requires more CPU power, which requires more electrical powers. The more powerful the CPU, the hotter it runs, and the more electricity it needs to cool itself, and the bulkier it becomes.
Watson requires hundreds of kilowatt hours of electricity to run, the human brain manages just fine on a tiny fraction of that.
Machines are great at multiplying muscle power, but very poor at being actually intelligent.