MIT, Autodesk develop AI that can figure out confusing Lego instructions Stumped by a Lego set? A new machine learning framework can interpret those instructions for you. Researchers at Stanford University, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, and the Autodesk AI Lab have collaborated to develop a novel learning-based framework that can interpret 2D instructions to build 3D …
"Well the instructions were written by humans , so .."
Yes, self-assembly furniture instructions can vary wildly from easy-to-follow through to who-the-fuck-drew-these-pictures-a-5-year-old?
Saving money by avoiding having proper technical writers creating instructions and good translators localising them by switching to hieroglyphics was a huge step backwards. Who wants to put money on someone deciding emojiis will be the next disruptive step in instruction "writing"?
On the other hand, what is it actually doing that's useful? Id the instructions are well done in the first place, then who needs it? If the instructions are badly done, then is the solution really to spend a fortune creating an AI to turn them into something people can follow instead of just sacking the instruction creators and employing someone capable of doing the job properly in the first place?
On the other hand, as a learning experience for an AI system that might be used for something else, then yes, it might be useful in that, at least as far as Lego or even Minecraft, it can then go and test it's results and refine them.
Since we are arguing grammar related issues.
Change from: "Since when the plural of sheep is Lego?"
Change to: When did the plural of sheep become Lego? or Since when did the plural of sheep become Lego?
Reason: My subconscious says it sounds more grammatically correct.
Comments: Feel free to comment on any prescriptive grammar rules that may apply.
Yuk, it has been some time since I last sampled the beverage described as instant coffee. Every morning I come downstairs, dispose of the previous day’s grounds while the water heats, assemble the aeropress, then grind the beans of the day fresh.
I drink it black without sugar. I would have to have a sugar for instant, that stuff is bitter.
I cant build Ikea furniture - but that's because I have some strength in my forearms and seem to over-tighten those things the screws fit into. It may be down to subconscious anger at the sexism implicit in the she buys it I put it up in this house but I think we've spent more on wood hardener and glue to fix the wood foam these things are made from than we have on the 'furniture' kits themselves.
Totally agree. I have consistently found, during assembly of more IKEA stuff than I like to think about, that if it doesn’t work it’s because I skipped too fast through the manual.
The holes match and the bits are there, which is more than you can say about some alternatives.
"if it doesn’t work it’s because I skipped too fast through the manual."
I'm of a mindset that likes to check through the instructions first, lay out all the parts then follow the instructions through step-by-step.
Brother-in-Law is the type who just dives in with a "suck it and see" attitude.
He asked me to come help build and install the new 3-door Ikea sliding wardrobe system he'd bought.
Lets just say I had two of the new sliding wardrobe doors up and working while he was still trying to take apart the one he'd managed to sort of assemble, but this time putting all the right parts on in the right places and order, ideally with no bits left over this time. :-)
He still thinks he knows what he's doing and that his way is better.
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