Chinas New "AI Robots Are Way Too Advanced (Deep Robotics Lynx All-Terrain Robot)

So recently, a company based in China known for its expertise in embodied AI and robotic systems unveiled this robot. And this robot has almost everyone freaking out on social media. It's been going viral on Twitter, or X, if you want to call it that, and it's been going viral on Reddit, YouTube and TikTok. Now the reason that this robot is actually going viral is because I think this taps into one of humans greatest fears, and that's of course, the robot uprising. Now, of course, when we look at what this robot is able to do, it marks the first time that we're able to see a robot which is a quadruped, that's able to traverse down a 50 inch gradient slope, or 50 degree gradient slope, and do it with a remarkable degree of stability. Now, of course, this is something that is great considering the fact that, that this is the kind of technology that we can see is moving in the right direction. And when I say that, I mean the fact that, look, technology is advancing. You know, overall that is technically a good thing. But I think what most people are concerned about is the fact that technology is advancing. But in certain areas where technology might be advancing for good, some people may argue that this technology could be used for other purposes. And I think with this kind of robot, I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out what people are worried of. Most people are worried of the consequences when this kind of technology gets to the point where it can be good enough so that it is, you know, used in warfare. And this kind of brings about that, of course, fear, where you could have a swarm of these kinds of robots that are good. Now, I do think that is because of this TV show which was called Metalhead. This was from Netflix's hit show Black Mirror. And if you've ever watched this episode, you'll know exactly what I'm referring to. But if you don't, there was basically an episode where they had this robot that was very much like the one that you just saw on screen a minute ago. And this robot was able to move quickly, it was able to chase you down, and as you can see on screen, it was literally able to chase down anyone with a remarkable level of relentless pursuit, which definitely instilled fear into many of the users about how the future of robotics is going to be. And this was something at the time that we didn't really tend to visualize, because when we looked at this kind of robot, it seemed far too futuristic. But now that we look at what we're seeing today, we can see that these robots are here and they are very, very good. I mean, oftentimes the craziness. And I think the reason that this example is most shocking is because when we usually see robotics demos like this one, we usually see robotics demos in those nice factory settings in clean, white, pristine environments. And the problem is, is that when we actually take a look at this robot right here, it's in arguably the roughest and most rugged environment, leading us to realize the high degree of proficiency that these robots do have. So this is something that is clearly going to be ingrained in our minds for us to truly understand how capable this is. Because it's one thing to test those robots in a laboratory environment that you've tested and, you know, you've softened all the edges. But if you put a robot into the natural physical world like they've done here, and it's able to easily traverse the terrain without any kind of problems, without through whatever it's been able to do, I think it's probably done that through reinforcement, learning. But this just, you know, essentially shows us the kind of robots that could be built in the future. Now, the craziest thing about all of this, even though there's TV shows like Metalhead that show us these kinds of robots that are pretty crazy and are pretty, you know, quite scary in the fact that, you know, maybe the government sends out 10 of these robots if you forget to pay your taxes, but the thing about this is the fact that this technology is not only real, but in this sense right here that you're seeing on screen, but it's also real in a sense that we've also seen that companies and military organizations have developed certain versions of these robots that are essentially real military versions. So right here you can see a version that has some kind of, you know, gun strapped to the back, it doesn't really look like a gun, it seems like some sort of cannon. But I wouldn't imagine that it is out of the question that you could potentially have this gun on the cannon. And then just like we see in Metalhead here, you could have something like this that simply runs through a building and manages to disperse of any combatants that it finds inside. This is something that is, of course, very, very worrying for the person who is worried about the future of AI and robotics. And we know that the future of warfare is already changing. We've seen what drones have done in the Ukraine and Russia war. So it wouldn't be surprising if we got these, you know, four legged killer robots that are able to seek out enemies in certain buildings where humans don't want to traverse to, because if the robot is able to have wheels to be able to go up and down, you know, areas like this, you know, humans are no longer safe when it comes to stairs or even difficult, you know, terrains, because you could literally send a robot through the forest to track, you know, a bunch of soldiers down, and we would literally be living in a Black mirror episode. The only thing that I think is that I only wonder which company is going to be getting to this first, because you saw there it was able to jump up to rocks that we know 80 centimeters. And the crazy thing about this is that it is going to get even better in the future. Now, of course, all of this is absolutely incredible. And I mean incredible. I mean incredible in a bad way. But that's not the only thing that this company is creating. They're also creating their own humanoid robots, which are quite similar to their counterparts in the sense that these robots are also able to traverse the environment in a way that is remarkably human like and natural. Now, I will say that this is not as nearly as developed as the other robot, but surprisingly, it is able to traverse these kind of environments with a remarkable degree of consistency. And you can see right here, it drops off a ledge and it doesn't tumble or fall over. And I know if I push some of my friends off that ledge, I'm pretty sure they'd be face flat on the ground. So this is the kind of thing where I think the reason that this kind of project is getting, not backlash, but real intrigue and fear is because these kinds of robots are, of course, going to be a part of the future. And on one side, yes, I think it's good that, you know, humans are out of the workforce in terms of the army, because I don't think anyone wants to end up as cannon fodder for some politician whose rules and regulations you don't even believe in. But I think at the same time, it is also going to be quite scary if we do get a future where these kinds of robots are, I guess you could say, the enforcement agents that are essentially mercilessly hunting people down or enforcing the government draconian rules. So I think overall, this is something that is open for discussion. I know I've seen a lot of discussions online. I think this conversation is something to be had, because I do think that with technology advancing at the rate that it is, I wouldn't be surprised if some company out there manages to develop some kind of robot that is ridiculously fast, fast and is able to chase people down. But of course, I do hope that with all the advanced technology that we do manage to get, eventually we manage to end war, because it seems like such a primitive thing to have when we have systems that are going to soon be on the level of AGI or even asi. So overall, when we do take a look at what's going here, I think it's important to understand that this is, of course, unfortunately, going to be part of the future we, whether or not we like it. And I think the bad thing about this as well is that let's say these things are actually effective. We have to understand that other countries are probably going to be using them as well, unless there's some, you know, universal rule where we say, okay, you know what? We're not going to use this in war and we're not going to break any sort of conventional rules because it might just be inhumane. But it will be interesting to see what happens on that front of development.