The new Amazon Astro with its camera and microphone will be a memory on wheels capable of recording all the action in the house.
when amazon started it Robot That first version called Astro brought some controversy, the electronic commerce giant has not only defended it but also wants to bring a new version in the market.
Amazon We want artificial intelligence to be present in all of our homes, but the new version of Astro will bring big changes to AI, in the form of and for robots, reports Business Insider.
According to what they say, the company is building a new model that implements conversational AI, similar to ChatGPT or Bard, but with experience ambient intelligence Extra to better help with household chores.
The project is under the codename “Burnham” and will be a new version of the robot that will be able to interact with users in natural language.
This way, instead of just sensing that, for example, food is about to burn by issuing an alarm, it can act automatically and call the user directly.
It doesn’t look like it will be an expensive device, we’re talking around $1,000, but it will have some additional features like continuous home monitoring or a subscription model for renting Ring cameras.
Contextual awareness is especially important. And as an example we would have if the Amazon Astro cameras detect that someone has fallen to the ground, they will call emergency services if necessary.
But they want to develop human-like memory in the artificial intelligence of robots.
An example of human-like memory in robot AI
If, for example, we lose our keys, the robot will lead us to them, but of course, this would mean that the robot telegraphed everything that happened a few hours before the keys were dropped at the time in question. has happened since.
Apparently, Amazon Astro can keep a record of all the activities that happen in the house and the movements that we make, and that can be very fascinating and interesting, but it also goes against privacy.
It is quite likely that it is the user himself who can edit in the configuration of the robot what it records or does not record, and whether to save the information collected by the camera along with the microphone.
