New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this connection using a drug. The brain avoids unpleasant tasks even if they promise reward, according to a recent study. The reason you decide to postpone household chores and spend your time browsing social media could be explained by the workings of a brain circuit. Recent research has identified a neural connection responsible for delaying the start of activities associated with unpleasant experiences, even when these activities offer a clear reward.

Iron stands 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs 154 pounds and combines advanced artificial intelligence with human-like movement and exceptional vision. XPENG's humanoid robot, Iron, is not your typical factory machine. Standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 154 pounds, Iron combines advanced artificial intelligence with human-like movement and exceptional vision. Already hard at work assembling electric vehicles in XPENG's factories, this robot is designed to change how we think about robots in everyday life. Join The FREE CyberGuy Report: Get my expert tech tips, critical security alerts and exclusive deals -- plus instant access to my free Ultimate Scam Survival Guide when you sign up! Iron's design includes 60 joints and 200 degrees of freedom, allowing it to move smoothly and naturally. Unlike traditional robots that often move with jerky or stiff motions, Iron walks steadily and can manipulate objects with precision thanks to its human-like hands.

If you look at your Roomba with disgust, thinking about what a far cry it is from the Jetsons' Rosey the Robot, help is on the way. Bloomberg reported on Friday that Meta plans to leverage its advances in AI and augmented reality to build a platform for futuristic humanoid robots that can help with household chores like folding laundry. Meta is reportedly creating a new team within its Reality Labs hardware division, which handles Quest VR headsets and the long-term Orion AR glasses project. Although it will build robot hardware during development, Meta's long-term goal is more like Android, where Google makes the software platform that almost all of the industry (outside of Apple) uses. Meta would make the underlying sensors, AI and software for other companies to put inside their hardware.

Elon Musk has showcased his army of 30,000 Tesla Optimus robots that are designed to help with household chores, prompting people to draw comparisons to the dystopian future depicted in I, Robot. In shocking and impressive footage, the humanoid robots were seen stiffly walking in single file across a stage while viewers stood jaw-dropped on the sidelines. Musk said attendees could walk up to the Optimus robots who would do things like serve drinks. 'At scale, you should be able to buy an Optimus robot for 20,000 to 30,000,' he said. 'It can walk your dog, mow your lawn, get the groceries, just be your friend.'

In contemporary society, the issue of psychological health has become increasingly prominent, characterized by the diversification, complexity, and universality of mental disorders. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), currently the most influential and clinically effective psychological treatment method with no side effects, has limited coverage and poor quality in most countries. In recent years, researches on the recognition and intervention of emotional disorders using large language models (LLMs) have been validated, providing new possibilities for psychological assistance therapy. However, are LLMs truly possible to conduct cognitive behavioral therapy? Many concerns have been raised by mental health experts regarding the use of LLMs for therapy. Seeking to answer this question, we collected real CBT corpus from online video websites, designed and conducted a targeted automatic evaluation framework involving the evaluation of emotion tendency of generated text, structured dialogue pattern and proactive inquiry ability. For emotion tendency, we calculate the emotion tendency score of the CBT dialogue text generated by each model. For structured dialogue pattern, we use a diverse range of automatic evaluation metrics to compare speaking style, the ability to maintain consistency of topic and the use of technology in CBT between different models . As for inquiring to guide the patient, we utilize PQA (Proactive Questioning Ability) metric. We also evaluated the CBT ability of the LLM after integrating a CBT knowledge base to explore the help of introducing additional knowledge to enhance the model's CBT counseling ability. Four LLM variants with excellent performance on natural language processing are evaluated, and the experimental result shows the great potential of LLMs in psychological counseling realm, especially after combining with other technological means.

On March 18, 2024, NVIDIA unveiled Project GR00T, a general-purpose multimodal generative AI model designed specifically for training humanoid robots. Preceding this event, Tesla's unveiling of the Optimus Gen 2 humanoid robot on December 12, 2023, underscored the profound impact robotics is poised to have on reshaping various facets of our daily lives. While robots have long dominated industrial settings, their presence within our homes is a burgeoning phenomenon. This can be attributed, in part, to the complexities of domestic environments and the challenges of creating robots that can seamlessly integrate into our daily routines.

This robot will be a household must-have that will be doing chores for millions of Americans by the end of the decade, an expert claims. Geordie Rose, founder of Vancouver-based Sanctuary AI, has created a human-sized bot called Phoenix who has already worked in two retail stores, bagging merchandise and cleaning, he told DailyMail.com. And he believes that within 10 years Phoenix or his predecessor will be capable of doing any jobs or chores a human can. The Phoenix android is already capable of doing chores such as cleaning and tidying and even filling the fridge - and is able to'learn' new skills just like a human. The robot's flexible hands enable it to perform human tasks - and it has a sense of'touch' Rose said: 'General-purpose robots must be able to sense, understand, and act on the world the same way we do.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are certainly impressive at their ability to perform complicated tasks once thought only capable to humans. The revolutionary ChatGPT has been used to pass exams, deliver a sermon, write software and give relationship advice -- to name just a handful of its functions. But, for some people, these technologies have raised a scary question -- could they take my job? A study from Princeton University in New Jersey, US has revealed the 20 occupations most at risk of being made redundant thanks to AI. Taking the top spot is call centre operator, but the following eight are all teachers of different disciplines, including languages, history, law and religion. The authors wrote: 'The effect of AI on work will likely be multi-faceted. In some cases, AI may substitute for work previously done by humans, and in other cases, AI may complement work done by humans.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are certainly impressive at their ability to perform complicated tasks once thought only capable to humans. The revolutionary ChatGPT has been used to pass exams, deliver a sermon, write software and give relationship advice -- to name just a handful of its functions. But, for some people, these technologies have raised a scary question -- could they take my job? A study from Princeton University in New Jersey, US has revealed the 20 occupations most at risk of being made redundant thanks to AI. Taking the top spot is call centre operator, but the following eight are all teachers of different disciplines, including languages, history, law and religion. The authors wrote: 'The effect of AI on work will likely be multi-faceted. In some cases, AI may substitute for work previously done by humans, and in other cases, AI may complement work done by humans.

A revolution in artificial intelligence could slash the amount of time people spend on household chores and caring, with robots able to perform about 39% of domestic tasks within a decade, according to experts. Tasks such as shopping for groceries were likely to have the most automation, while caring for the young or old was the least likely to be affected by AI, according to a large survey of 65 artificial intelligence (AI) experts in the UK and Japan, who were asked to predict the impact of robots on household chores. But greater automation could result in a "wholesale onslaught on privacy", warned one of the report's authors. Ekaterina Hertog, associate professor in AI and society at Oxford University, called for a public debate about privacy in an era of smart technology, "where an equivalent of Alexa is able to listen in and sort of record what we're doing and report back". Society needed to be alive to the issues raised by homes full of smart automation, she said, adding: "I don't think that we as a society are prepared to manage that wholesale onslaught on privacy." She argued that, if realised, more automated help could help improve gender equality, because women still bear the burden of the majority of unpaid work.