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• Human-like robots infused with the transformative power of artificial intelligence: It's a sci-fi staple that is now within the realm of possible—but just because we can do it doesn't mean we should. What does it mean for humans to want to create artificial life that's modeled after both our bodies and our minds?
• “There's a long history of robots that goes all the way back to the Egyptians—it's always trying to create lifelike creatures,” UC Berkeley Industrial Engineering Professor Ken Goldberg told Decrypt. “We've had a fascination with these for millennia. You could say that all of art is, in some way, trying to create representations of life.”
• As Goldberg explained, this fascination with creating a humanoid robot was first documented in the 24th century BCE in the myth of Osiris, who was put back together and resurrected by Isis after being dismembered by Set.
• In October, Meta introduced Habitat 3, which aims to enhance AI's capabilities in enabling human-robot cohabitation through advanced virtual 3D simulations that could lead to better interaction and collaboration. In January, Open AI-backed startup 1X raised $100 million for NEO, a bipedal robot for home tasks, an upstart challenger to dominant robo...

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