In a first, surgical robots learned tasks by watching videos
By The Washington Post Published on December 30, 2024 They don’t get fruitcakes or Christmas cards from grateful patients, but for decades robots have been helping doctors perform gallbladder removals, hysterectomies, hernia repairs, prostate surgeries and more. While patients lie unconscious on the operating table, robotic arms and grippers work on their bodies at […]
Beware the Intention Economy: Collection and Commodification of Intent via Large Language Models
By HDSR Published on December 30, 2024 The rapid proliferation of large language models (LLMs) invites the possibility of a new marketplace for behavioral and psychological data that signals intent. This brief article introduces some initial features of that emerging marketplace. We survey recent efforts by tech executives to position the capture, manipulation, and commodification […]