I saw an AI that sorts trash at the Portland airport

I was walking through the Portland airport last week and saw a new recycling station. It had a camera and a screen showing what it saw in the bin. The screen said 'AI sorting assistant active' and it was putting plastic bottles into one chute and paper into another. It felt weird to watch a machine make those choices so fast. Has anyone else seen public AI like this doing physical jobs?

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jamie_garcia2513d ago

Whoa that's wild, I saw one at the mall food court sorting trays. It's actually kinda helpful because people are terrible at recycling, lol. The one I saw got confused by a black plastic fork though, it just kept trying to scan it. I guess they're still working out the kinks, but it's definitely faster than a person doing it manually.

eva66613d ago

So the robot just had a staring contest with a fork? That's the future we're getting, huh. At least it's trying harder than the guy who throws soda cans in the trash.