“A-Ha! Moments in Art and Science" -- those Eureka flashes of insight where new ideas suddenly snap into place: Join artists @tiffanyshlain.bsky.social , and writers @GeoffManaugh and @NicolaTwilley for a lively
conversation tomorrow : Sunday 12-1pm at the @skirball.bsky.social Center in LA.

Here's an index into last week's Armchair Expert discussion about
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social , the history of robots, Moravec's paradox, why robot dexterity is so challenging, why some people are AI doomsayers, Aha! moments in discovery and other topics: bit.ly/Ken-on-Armch...

I agree this is a very attractive form-factor and binary grasping of soft objects is feasible, not time-critical, and fault tolerant. And r
eminds me of “Thing” from Addams Family:

Real robot data is rare (and precious). 2 years before ChatGPT, @AmbiRobotics robots started collecting high-quality data in real warehouses. Today, Ambi announces a generative AI model that opens the door to a new generation of warehouse robots: businesswire.com/news/home/2025…

Using Kevin Black’s conversion rate, that works out to π_0 trained on 1 person-year of robot data vs. Qwen trained on 120,000 person-years of LLM data:

Is this a mask?

Looking fwd to giving a tour with @TiffanyShlain of our @getty @PST_ART art exhibit @ Skirball in LA on Sunday starting at 6 pm and then screening some of our “smart and cheeky” short films ;):

www.skirball.org/programs/sho...

I want an extra thumb. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...