TacticalTaco

A taco that is occasionally tactical.

[Jennifer Parker @JAParker29]

Good. Not only does what happens in 🇺🇦 affect our region. 🇦🇺 has a lot to learn from 🇺🇦’s ability to innovate & adapt at speed.

Pleased to see the signing of the 🇦🇺🇺🇦 Bilateral Security Agreement & 🇦🇺 joining the 🇬🇧 🇳🇴-led Maritime Capability Coalition for 🇺🇦.

More details here 🔗 https://t.co/g2EkBP0EJY

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@Chaplain_kaz @RealJohnShepSR1 https://t.co/j1dChoAVR6

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@EmpireEnjoyer3 Is the aesthetics of a nation more important than the idea of one? The most staunch defenders of the idea and promise of Australia are mostly from Italy, Greece, Lebanon, England, Poland, Korea, etc, as well as those born here. Our commonalities are more important than skin.

[Bradipo 🦥🎗🎏 @SpanchoVilla]

Quando scropriremo le più grandi fosse comuni dal tempo della Shoa a Mariupol, allora i nostri figli e nipoti ci diranno:"come è stato possibile? Perché nessuno ha fatto nulla?"
Ma stavolta non potremo dire che non sapevamo, che non abbiamo visto.
E questi sono solo una frazione.

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@Zimbru @NZ_Trav It’s the bloody Qlders calling in cross-Tasman precision strikes on NSW sympathisers. All from their holdings in occupied NSW. Bloody Qlders…

https://t.co/pCF6OrcJvU

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@lynx_529e “Get out of here Stalker!”

[Woofers @NotWoofers]

The Russians continue their murderous terror campaign in Kherson. They deliberately attack civilians, including the elderly and children, in order to depopulate Ukrainian-held urban centers around the Dnipro river. Their targeting is not just limited to humans too, animals and private property is also attacked.

Many of these videos are then uploaded to telegram for Russians to mock the victims.

[Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 @sikorskiradek]

Apparently, Putin’s spooks told @CIA Director he would not provoke @NATO.
Putin had told president Biden’s CIA Director that he would not invade Ukraine.
We should accelerate defence preparations.

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@jamesdotfla Their rise to prominence was enabled by the USSR in subversive efforts to allow Germany to technically develop its military on training grounds free of western knowledge all during the times when the Versailles treaty was being officially adhered to. USSR has a lot to answer for.

[Andrew Perpetua @AndrewPerpetua]

A Russian drone attacked a civilian, a boy on a bicycle, for no reason.

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@SoundDobad 😂

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Don’t fall for the fake Fox/GOP outrage. Two weeks ago the House passed a bill that greenlighted the transfer of Spanish territory to Morocco. Every Republican except me voted for it, but now THEY are acting shocked at the invasion.
https://t.co/a7ROEAtoOD
https://t.co/886sJycfeL

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@Rusia_HD Just reverse this message but we’ll actually put a name to it.

“The truth is that the problems Russian Citizens are facing now are the direct result of years of actions by Putin.”

Now I’ll add what he’s inferring ppl in west to do.

“Russian citizens, do something about it.”

[✙ Constantine ✙ @Teoyaomiquu]

I don't know if Musk just intentionally hyping his projects knowing that it's a lie, or he doesn't understand much about AI, manufacturing, robotics and automation. What he is saying does make sense.

I've been integrating AI into multiple projects in much more controlled environments and operations, and this whole idea of humanoid robots replacing surgeons and factory workers just doesn't make much sense to me.

I don't understand why a smart humanoid robot would perform better than a surgical robotic arm, which has existed for well over a decade now. The whole advantage of a surgical robot is precision that a human hand can't provide.

The missing piece is decision making, understanding what exactly needs to be done at that exact moment. But that doesn't require a humanoid robot.

A camera, a steady stream of telemetry from medical equipment, analytics tools, multiple camera angles designed specifically for an operating room, and specialized robotic arms can do that.

Why do you need a walking robot with two legs, two arms, hands, fingers, balance control, batteries, and a whole pile of extra moving parts around the patient?

AI can read telemetry, process imaging, analyze movement, and control purpose-built surgical equipment. I just don't see what advantage the humanoid body gives you there.

The same thing applies to manufacturing.

Stationary robotic arms, cranes, conveyors, CNC machines, autonomous forklifts and purpose-built machinery already do most of the work a humanoid robot could potentially do, except they are designed specifically for that job and don't introduce a bunch of unnecessary complexity.

There are obviously applications for robots in manufacturing, mining and extraction.

Take steel manufacturing, for example. There are toxic fumes, extreme heat and other environments that are dangerous for people. Robots absolutely make sense there.

But the steel industry is already heavily automated. Cranes, heavy machinery and remote-controlled equipment have existed for decades.

If you want AI controlling those machines, sure, put AI into them.

Why build a humanoid robot that walks over to a machine and physically operates controls when you can connect the AI directly to the machine?

Machinery designed for a specific purpose is almost always more efficient than trying to make one humanoid robot do everything.

If your job is moving 1,500-pound pallets, an autonomous forklift makes more sense than building a 200-pound humanoid robot with legs, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands and then teaching it how to operate a pallet jack.

You're just adding complexity for no reason.

Musk also talks about robots replacing people in automotive manufacturing, including jobs around stamping and assembly.

Sure, humanoid robots may have some applications there.

But how much money are you actually saving?

The expensive part of stamping a body panel isn't the guy standing next to the stamping press. The expensive part is the press, tooling, dies, automation, material handling and the rest of the production line.

Humans already use cranes, manipulators and other equipment where heavy lifting is required. Modern safety systems have also massively reduced injuries.

So if you're replacing a worker with a robot while the actual production process stays exactly the same, there needs to be a strong economic reason to do it.

And that becomes even harder to justify in countries where manufacturing labor is much cheaper than in the United States.

I absolutely understand integrating AI deeper into manufacturing.

AI connected to telemetry, machine vision, quality control, predictive maintenance, logistics, robotics and production equipment can absolutely produce better products at lower cost.

I think that's where the real revolution is going to happen.

What I don't understand is this obsession with putting that AI inside a humanoid body.

Most modern manufacturing processes already have specialized machines that are vastly better at their specific task than a human body could ever be.

Humans mostly remain because they are extremely flexible, cheap, easy to train, can deal with unexpected situations, and can move between completely different tasks without redesigning the factory.

That's the real argument for humanoid robots: if you can build one cheap enough that it can walk into an existing human-designed environment and perform many different jobs without modifying anything, then maybe it makes economic sense.

But that's a very different claim from saying humanoid robots are simply going to replace factory workers and surgeons because AI is getting smarter.

AI getting smarter does not suddenly make the human body the best mechanical design for every job.

In many cases, we've spent the last 150 years designing machines specifically because the human body is a terrible tool for industrial work.

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

💔 A Russian missile wiped out an entire family in the village of Radushne.

In their own home, 47-year-old Artem and 41-year-old Olena were killed. Along with them, the Russian strike took the lives of their children and their 18-month-old grandson.

Among those whose bodies have already been recovered or are still being searched for beneath the rubble—are:

Mark, who would have turned 18 next month, Dominika (16), Viorika (14), Zakharii (13), Azarii Ilai (11), Federika (9), Emiliia (7), and little Artem, just 1 year and 6 months old

Although not all of the bodies have yet been recovered from the rubble, their loved ones no longer have any doubt about their fate.

[Rob Lee @RALee85]

"Before he left for the front line in 2022, Serhii Boychuk told his wife that if captured, he didn’t want to be taken alive. A few months later, the Russians took him prisoner. Guards beat and tortured him sexually for more than two years, he said.

He recounted being raped with bottles and sticks, and having a knife pressed against his genitals. He still finds it difficult to walk. 'They wanted to psychologically break me,' said Boychuk, now 33.

Other Ukrainian former detainees described similar experiences of sexualized torture while in Russian prisoner-of-war camps. Their accounts match the findings of Ukrainian prosecutors and intelligence services and United Nations investigators, who have conducted extensive interviews with former prisoners—both soldiers and civilians—throughout the more than four-year war.

This growing body of testimony suggests that Russian sexual violence against POWs and civilian prisoners has been systematic—and condoned, even encouraged, by senior Russian officials...

Other former POWs and civilian detainees who spoke to the Journal said they were forced to stand, crouch or parade naked. Some had their genitals electrocuted. Some were raped—either with objects such as bottles or sticks, or by Russian guards.

Some of the former detainees, who were held at various sites in Russia, recalled guards telling them that they would stop Ukrainians from having children."
@macdonaldajm Serhii Bosak and Ievgeniia Sivorka
https://t.co/EWay8Rj8Yk

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@justincbzz @BanderiteAzov Ukrainians 🤝 Australians
designing dicks into war fighting machines

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@justincbzz @BanderiteAzov Reminiscent of the hull MG in the AC1 Sentinel.

[TacticalTaco @TacticalTaco23]

@stillreezy @MisinfoFact @barriecassidy She burnt toast using a kettle my friend.

[Quintus Poppaedius Silo @francescoproia]

Un uomo russo è in fila alla stazione di servizio. "Ne ho abbastanza", dice alla moglie. "Prendi tu il volante, io vado a sparare a Putin".
Dopo due ore torna e si rimette al volante.
La moglie gli chiede "Gli hai sparato?"
E lui risponde "No, la fila per sparare a Putin è più lunga di questa!".