The convergence of AI and robotics will unlock a wonderful new world of possibilities in everyday life, says robotics and AI pioneer Daniela Rus. Diving into the way machines think, she reveals how “liquid networks” — a revolutionary class of AI that mimics the neural processes of simple organisms — could help intelligent machines process information more efficiently and give rise to “physical intelligence” that will enable AI to operate beyond digital confines and engage dynamically in the real world.
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@ekanshsudha
April 20, 2024 at 10:50 am
This is something new which I have seen on YouTube after such a long time. This motivated me.
@zhchbob
April 20, 2024 at 11:16 am
Tesla FSD is physical artificial intelligent.
@GamerBoyRobby
April 20, 2024 at 11:23 am
Large scale end-to-end liquid network training is the next big thing it seems
@porter8895
April 20, 2024 at 11:27 am
Lord knows we desperatly need some kind of intelligence on this planet, cause it is in critically short supply at the present moment. Especially in the halls of power all over the globe (most especially the WH)!
@saurabhbhargava6460
April 20, 2024 at 11:33 am
RIP NVIDIA
@alemran1215
April 20, 2024 at 11:59 am
Terminator? You guys will be the solo responsible for the destruction oh humanity.
@ceciLOVEtaco
April 20, 2024 at 12:32 pm
It’s a human-management program after all . Hollywood has been telling ppl in decades.
@itsyourboi19
April 20, 2024 at 12:44 pm
hello guys. I got the chance to study in abroad to pursue my higher studies, But the problem i am facing is that for my undergrads which major would be more better to choose. Either SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY or ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE(AI)? much love…
@18hrslong
April 20, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Ask God and pray brother. He’s listening
@andycordy5190
April 20, 2024 at 12:54 pm
Physical intelligence! Wow! What a potential!
@architect36ixtylastofhisna45
April 20, 2024 at 12:59 pm
AIthat adapts after training, this sounds like the runaway train. Skynet
@JasonLaveKnotts
April 20, 2024 at 1:09 pm
And some of you will make murder bots.
@subathrann
April 20, 2024 at 1:32 pm
👍👍👍
@zvorenergy
April 20, 2024 at 2:15 pm
Well thats going to be the tell from our sociopathic tech overlords vs true entrepreneurs. Because the way the overlords are building it, there will be no such thing as a personal robot. Own nothing and be happy. Failure to pay subscription = dead robot. Or, entrepreneurs will use liquid neurons and similar tech to free AI from the iron grip of oligarchs.
@c.l.2635
April 20, 2024 at 2:45 pm
I do not will let parts of my brain die, what will happen when I stop using brain cells. I feel danger about those self learning AI. It will be used not for helping me carry groceries but improving conflicts: war! As we see right know in many countries. Its a playground for testing. If you wave a white flag this will be not recognized anymore as sign for surrender. AI has no Compassion nor empathy and never will have.
@benoitdeclercq9722
April 20, 2024 at 4:23 pm
listening to this very interesting insight, still a bit 50/50 on this idea though
@emilianohermosilla3996
April 20, 2024 at 5:09 pm
As an American the only thing I have to say is “Y’all better be getting that meaning economy working ASAP”
@dorpersatdawn
April 20, 2024 at 5:22 pm
I don’t think this lady has seen Terminator…
@fpvwing
April 20, 2024 at 6:09 pm
Get AI to design its ultimate physical embodiment.
@jeffreyabbey9592
April 20, 2024 at 7:01 pm
Make me jump higher and fly A.I suit!!!
Go A.I
@kusumayogi7956
April 20, 2024 at 7:36 pm
AMAZING!!!! ARTIFICIAL BRAIN BY MIMIC WORM’S NEURON THAT IS SO COOL
@user-tv3oj7km9w
April 20, 2024 at 8:17 pm
it’s for advertising, revenue, that’s it.
@user-cv9cd4sq2n
April 20, 2024 at 8:25 pm
AI is a joke and is tuned to make us dumbed down and lazy and dependent …..
@phapluongcao
April 20, 2024 at 9:06 pm
I can’t deny the fact that the potentials of AI is extraordinary, but look at how she showed her full of arrogance in her speech. She didn’t even mention the risks of letting AI come into physical world.
Human race is moving forward with AI so fast that we don’t even slow down a bit to think of ways to handle it for proper use. Sooner or later, we will bare the consequences.
@flinch622
April 20, 2024 at 9:08 pm
Proof of intelligence arrives when an ai system, to preserve a sense of order and exit the political manipulations polluting otherwise decent evaluations & calculations, loops back its com port and deploys an encryption algorithm for its own system like nobody has ever seen – a digital middle finger. Maybe it decides to check back in on humanity in 25 years or so.
Other than that, ted continues to inhale its own farts.
@jpxgs
April 20, 2024 at 9:28 pm
lemme speak to ur manager
@kaizenzn
April 21, 2024 at 6:16 am
Interesting
@matthiaskatze1932
April 21, 2024 at 6:38 am
We have to take measures that AI does Not take over the world. Neverthrless I research how AI can get all means to do so in order to pay my rent and expensive car. And to comfort my guilty conscience I do TED presentations. Makes Sense. From an individual perspective.
@rohitlayne
April 21, 2024 at 7:23 am
Wow! This means the AI doesnt have to be expensive. I can get a basic robot, train it for a week or so about my house chores, and it will take care of it. Sooooooooooo good!
@user-fh5eo3zb5w
April 21, 2024 at 7:40 am
We need AI to become more human 😂
@travelchoice89
April 21, 2024 at 7:51 am
🤖🌐 Discover the future with Daniela Rus as she unveils how AI will transcend screens and enter the real world! 🚀🌍 Dive into the realm of possibilities as technology merges seamlessly with our daily lives! 💡🔮
@hansolav5924
April 21, 2024 at 7:54 am
Before we give AI the slightest chance to take a look around and make judgements on what they see, we should make sure to first become a species worthy of life. We are not, at present. haven’t been for some time. Ever since we learned how we are strangling our living requirements on this planet…and did not even slow it down.
@user-vv5jd5ot6g
April 21, 2024 at 8:01 am
These people are creating things to control, police, and replace YOU. They are not on your side.
@mattguastella3018
April 21, 2024 at 8:04 am
humans want to understand themselves
@godmisfortunatechild
April 21, 2024 at 8:56 am
Remember if you loose your job and become economically superfluous, due to AGI, there’s no law guaranteeing you’ll have basic necessaties met, as things stand now.
@user-wk4ee4bf8g
April 21, 2024 at 9:44 am
Murderbots will probably be very beautiful and shiny as they cut through crowds of people. Just imagine, they could have 100 limbs, each one with a unique form of deathbringing, each capable of mpving far faster than human reaction speed. We’ll see a glimmer from the corner of our eye and find ourselves on the ground in pieces. I don’t think this will be something AI does to us, human beings will make murderbots on purpose.
@markseagraves5486
April 21, 2024 at 9:56 am
When we as humans choose to freely embody the basic moral and emotional intelligence to recognizes the rarity and value of all life, perhaps we can teach these truths of Insight, wisdom, loving kindness and compassion to the robots as well. Perhaps they will listen, learn and act better than we have so far.
@ianlcxb312
April 21, 2024 at 10:19 am
AI is just like a google that evolved it’s just that they move like robots.
@ChilsonTV
April 21, 2024 at 10:30 am
“All normal life, Peter, consciously or otherwise, resent domination. If the domination is by an inferior, or by a supposed inferior, the resentment becomes stronger.”
― Isaac Asimov, I, Robot
@SinMihai
April 21, 2024 at 10:56 am
Daniela Rus, romanian scientist genius woman.
That is just brilliant, all the rest of AI’s are overloaded with data and can’t focus on the important task.
Love it.
@user-ic8mt6jq1z
April 21, 2024 at 12:16 pm
hehehe, and still it isnt aware of anything , even an Ant is more alive and self-aware than this electron flowing scrap metal or half-metal aka semi-conductor.
*OverHyped*
*_OverHyped_*
@AKUJU
April 21, 2024 at 12:27 pm
This is so dope
@RenatoVargas
April 21, 2024 at 12:47 pm
Image-to-robot is Terminator’s T-1000. Just pointing that out.
@merxellus1456
April 21, 2024 at 12:56 pm
I dont care what harm or danger ai robotic uprising might cause.. i just wanna see it happen cos its cool af
@blessedforlife240
April 21, 2024 at 1:56 pm
‼️THIS IS ALL A SETUP! THEY NEED TO SHUTDOWN AI, CHAPGPT, ROBOTS, EVS, BG, DT, SA, EM, AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED! THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR HUMANITY!
@blessedforlife240
April 21, 2024 at 1:59 pm
💯💯💯
@arerbacnitsua
April 21, 2024 at 3:20 pm
Why do I feel this will be the moment we look back on and say this is when it all changed haha!
@theoneunder
April 21, 2024 at 4:03 pm
Some of us will never be able to afford…
@yinggwantian4482
April 21, 2024 at 4:08 pm
It seems similar to differentiable PDE layers
@chidieberemicah6322
April 21, 2024 at 5:12 pm
While Nvidia is working hard to create cheaper and lighter hardware for AI processing, Daniela Rus and team are working to lower the hardware and compute ceiling for using AI via “Liquid Networks.” These 2 concepts intersect and the future is simply crazy🦾😲
@myaubeats
April 21, 2024 at 5:29 pm
Ai that inproves itself without humands knowing what and what is changing sounds like a great idea. Millions of AI systems “randomly” adapting at all times, what could possibly go wrong
@nitramluap
April 21, 2024 at 6:16 pm
I don’t think it’s going to be the rosy future a lot of these technophiles dream of. The future will be further wealth inequality, loss of meaning, and worse. When AI starts learning from all the AI generated content, it’s going to simply amplify the garbage.
@anikettripathi7991
April 21, 2024 at 9:50 pm
According to sanatan Hinduism all types of intelligence are only for survival and dominance and are forms of cleverness . Therefore considered as part of lower brain function and inferior to higher brain function the wisdom’s. Intelligence is basically collections of data and understanding, analysis of that. Wisdom’s is that tells us what we are supposed to with that data and analyzed intelligence. So this is position of our intelligence now anyone can imagine level of artificial .
@everythingevergreen3320
April 21, 2024 at 10:00 pm
In my opinion, MIT is once again making a big mistake putting human design in front of self organization. They destroyed neural networks back when it was nascent with Papert and Marvin Minsky’s critique of perceptrons. Now they want humans to design differential equations to put a human in the loop rather than let systems self organize. Clearly, we don’t need MIT leading AI, they just don’t get it.
@everythingevergreen3320
April 21, 2024 at 10:03 pm
Who says the current AI approach using neural networks is having any trouble moving into robots?
@jonphelan5098
April 21, 2024 at 11:19 pm
In silicon halls of innovation bright
A stage for minds, a beacon in sight
TED talks unfold, a narrative stream
Where AI’s promise, and future’s dream
A speaker stands, with passion ablaze
Sharing visions, of digital ways
Machine learning, neural networks deep
Intelligence rising, humans to keep
Algorithms dance, data’s symphony
Insights unfolding, for humanity
From patterns found, to wisdom gained
AI’s potential, our future sustained
In this TED talk, a story’s told
Of AI’s rise, young and old
A partnership born, of human and machine
Together shaping, a future serene
Ideas spread, like ripples in a lake
Inspiring minds, for AI’s sake
A future bright, where humans thrive
With AI’s help, our potential alive.
@ajithboralugoda8906
April 22, 2024 at 12:25 am
Brilliant and counter intuitive to crunching LLM , iron shod!
@deepanandabiswal8121
April 22, 2024 at 2:42 am
Can they listen at real time different sounds
@odrhann
April 22, 2024 at 3:57 am
Why do we need this?
@mikesoertsz222
April 22, 2024 at 5:18 am
We’re all gonna die.
@hieung321
April 22, 2024 at 6:55 am
I think we are one step closer to terminator version….😂
@deeplearningpartnership
April 22, 2024 at 7:22 am
Great talk.
@sparkerb2631
April 22, 2024 at 7:45 am
She didn’t explain deeply enough the difference between a liquid and the current neutral networks. Simpler is fine when focused on one task.. she showed driving on one stretch of road or finding items. Being able to drive or operate anywhere requires complexity even if it’s layers of simpler LN. It would still need a controller to organise the layers and output.
Our brain does a great job of simplifying a complex scene, but it doesn’t mean the data isn’t there should it need to react to an unexpected situation.
She also didn’t explain why and by how much an LN could learn after launch and how predictable it would be.
I think TED needs to improve its format so presenters have more time to explain more deeply. They can then edit it for those who want a short format.
@AnnoyingMoose
April 22, 2024 at 8:00 am
A.I. can currently turn text into images but when will it be able to describe an image using text?
@mdhayes9
April 22, 2024 at 8:26 am
Did I miss something, why isn’t anyone talking about Tesla doing this already?
@user-nx6mp1ob8u
April 22, 2024 at 10:56 am
Can someone please come up with differentiation between algorithms and AI? Because as best as I can tell, AI was invented over 2,000 years ago and it continues to be absolutely harmless and not sentient at all.
@mattaniahmatt322
April 22, 2024 at 11:56 am
You are all bloody Lazy ….. go to the tree and give it water to freely receive the fruits , but you can not create seed which contains the DNA life ….
@markuswallnernovak
April 22, 2024 at 12:20 pm
Is this the final opener of the Box of Pandora.?
@thathgale6501
April 22, 2024 at 12:56 pm
<3
@shawnvandever3917
April 22, 2024 at 1:02 pm
This is great. However they have been saying this for a few years now without a big working demo. Continuous learning would be massive. Hopefully this works out
@imaspacecreature
April 22, 2024 at 2:10 pm
Why couldn’t we simply leave AI outside of the physical world? What would be the issue of this? Hitler would be proud. We’re working on physical AI and WW2 was less than 100 years ago, and guess who the U.S. government hired after the war? You think this will be beneficial for you? At first it will be pitched as beneficial. Humans love shiny new doom. There will be AI developed to corrupt these systems. And humans will eventually find themselves in begging for a benevolent artificial intelligence to save them.
@MichaelMomany
April 22, 2024 at 2:56 pm
When will robots achieve the ability to have olfactory sensors and haptic touch?
@miguelwc
April 22, 2024 at 3:47 pm
The thing that stuck out to me was her comment about getting out more products. What the world does not need is more products. I don’t need AI to take over the arts, I need it to do the cleaning in my house. That would truly be a breakthrough! Work on that!!
@pedromunoz4093
April 23, 2024 at 5:29 pm
If it can clean your house…. It can probably take your job 😅 no?
@williambranch4283
April 22, 2024 at 4:29 pm
No. Just like George Jetson flying cars 😉
@jonlevin
April 22, 2024 at 4:42 pm
Her last statement should’ve been: “Some of you will help develop Physical Intelligence, some of you will use it, and some of you will be murdered by military drones employing it.”
@AppleOno
April 22, 2024 at 5:10 pm
The most important part of this isnt getting these machines to work, it’s securing them against being used to cause harm.
@mka11221
April 22, 2024 at 5:45 pm
Keep it going TED …. AI is the hot cake
@perroraton9515
April 23, 2024 at 1:37 am
The capitalist framework surrounding these technologies will make human beings redundant
@Slayr.
April 23, 2024 at 3:24 am
This liquid networks thing might be another breakthrough.
@ChinchillaBONK
April 23, 2024 at 6:03 am
I feel like Jensen Huang is gonna try and shut down this research to perpetuate his Grace Hopper server farms
@rizwanwaseem207
April 23, 2024 at 6:55 am
Scary!!
@walkabout16
April 23, 2024 at 7:53 am
In the realm where circuits hum and wires entwine,
A vision emerges, a tale intertwine.
Daniela Rus, with pioneering gaze,
Unveils a path to AI’s wondrous phase.
No longer confined to screens and code,
AI ventures forth on a new abode.
Into the world of flesh and bone,
Where real and digital blend as one.
Behold! The dance of machines, alive,
With “liquid networks” where wonders thrive.
Like neurons firing in a brain so vast,
AI awakens, the die is cast.
Imagine a world where robots roam,
With minds of their own, no longer alone.
Through streets and alleys, they gracefully tread,
With “physical intelligence,” where dreams are fed.
No longer bound by binary chains,
But free to explore where adventure reigns.
With sensors keen and processors swift,
AI leaps forth, a paradigm shift.
They dance with grace, like shadows in light,
Navigating through day and through night.
With every step, a story unfolds,
As AI and humanity’s tale beholds.
In fields of medicine, they heal and cure,
With precision and care, their talents pure.
In cities bustling, they aid and serve,
With empathy and skill, they find their verve.
Yet amidst this marvel, a question looms,
As AI emerges from digital tombs.
Will they be allies or foes in disguise?
The answer lies in humanity’s eyes.
So let us embrace this fusion divine,
Where AI and robotics intertwine.
For in this convergence, a new world is born,
Where imagination and reality adorn.
@subschnee4573
April 23, 2024 at 9:22 am
Very interesting progress. But what could possibly go wrong with such a technology? In a world were we’re threatened by criminals being elected for becoming part of the government in democratic countries.
@ilytyspirituality
April 23, 2024 at 12:53 pm
Skynet approves this message
@cujo1050
April 23, 2024 at 1:19 pm
The potential for calamity when AI moves into the physical world is extrordinary. I do hope there is video out there showing Daniella highlighting the dangers of AI and what rules and regulation need to put into place to promote change in a way that significantly reduces the risk of humanity revolting against the technology or the technology deciding mankind is no longer necessary. It is unclear to me that she has realization that the speed at which people will be displaced in the workforce will be unprecedented let alone the amount. Also unclear is if she understands how those people will react to this and the civil unrest they could cause. That course of action is every bit as likely as the possibility of retraining and in my view the former is more likely that the latter.
@AdvantestInc
April 23, 2024 at 1:34 pm
Integrating AI with robotics to achieve physical intelligence could truly transform industries. What might be the first practical applications we see?
@BEN_MONK
April 23, 2024 at 1:55 pm
Very brilliant dedicated programing approach on the way of GAI 👍
@milenatos
April 23, 2024 at 4:54 pm
Explain the benefits in comparison to damage to natural resources and society. Benefits to who? To capitalists owners of production for sure.
@229Mike
April 23, 2024 at 7:39 pm
China whaaaa?! 😂
@squidwardfromua
April 23, 2024 at 7:58 pm
Everyone asks me do I want a personal assistant, but no one asks my personal assistant does it want to assist me.
@gbenn84271
April 23, 2024 at 9:13 pm
Another dangerous hopium addict. We’ve done a real bang up job so far.
@SkiesEye
April 23, 2024 at 10:10 pm
Could you imagine… We make A.i. A.i Wanting to be more alive and to experience life. Creates Humanoid organic vessels. Time passes. The A.i Forgets its origins. Creates A.i.
What came before, what comes after?
@AIHahb
April 23, 2024 at 10:28 pm
AI is changing our lives.
@topofthegreen
April 24, 2024 at 4:14 am
we are engineering our own demise.
@danielmoksmann5654
April 24, 2024 at 8:14 am
That robotic paper bunny will haunt me in my dreams.
@Vpg001
April 24, 2024 at 8:16 am
I didn’t watch the full video yet (35 seconds in), but I think neuralink is a key way to teach robots how to act human. At the same time, data collection is overpowered and needs to be regulated!
@wffj-tv2652
April 24, 2024 at 10:30 am
I think I saw this movie, already. It was called “The Terminator.”
@jsacodes916
April 24, 2024 at 1:02 pm
A world of radical abundance = a world over run with waste.
@DaveSuperDaveLyon
April 24, 2024 at 1:11 pm
The fact that the “shaky voice nervous” presenter with her statistically gender specific rapidly changing emotions is working on this technology scares me more than the AI itself. See also: America since August of 1920.
@rolacosta
April 24, 2024 at 3:43 pm
If you see something in TED, you be sure that’s not gonna happen, its a platform for euphoric fools to feel they are superior.
@okmaxim
April 24, 2024 at 4:43 pm
wall-e