What AIs are not Learning (and Why): Bio-Inspired Foundation Models for Robots

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04267v9
• Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 15:12:26 GMT
• Title: What AIs are not Learning (and Why): Bio-Inspired Foundation Models for Robots
• Authors: Mark Stefik,
• Abstract summary: Current smart robots are created using manual programming, mathematical models, planning frameworks, and reinforcement learning. High cost of bipedal multi-sensory robots ("bodies") is a significant obstacle for both research and deployment. This paper focuses on what human-compatible service robots need to know.
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• Abstract: It is hard to make robots (including telerobots) that are useful, and harder to make autonomous robots that are robust and general. Current smart robots are created using manual programming, mathematical models, planning frameworks, and reinforcement learning. These methods do not lead to the leaps in performance and generality seen with deep learning, generative AI, and foundation models (FMs). Today's robots do not learn to provide home care, to be nursing assistants, or to do household chores nearly as well as people do. Addressing the aspirational opportunities of robot service applications requires improving how they are created. The high cost of bipedal multi-sensory robots ("bodies") is a significant obstacle for both research and deployment. A deeper issue is that mainstream FMs ("minds") do not support sensing, acting, and learning in context in the real world. They do not lead to robots that communicate well or collaborate. They do not lead to robots that try to learn by experimenting, by asking others, or by imitation learning as appropriate. They do not lead to robots that know enough to be deployed widely in service applications. This paper focuses on what human-compatible service robots need to know. It recommends developing experiential (aka "robotic") FMs for bootstrapping them.

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