AI is superseding humans in many aspects of intelligence.
Reinforcement learning has been driving these advancements.
Soon the physical realm will also fall. With RL already discovering physical maneuvers that have taken us hundreds of years to discover.
As the physical realm of sports falls to AI, we will want to consume AIs competing in sports.
In sports, AI will not only serve as a tool but as an end in itself. An entirely new form of entertainment.
Automation to Imagination
Most of humanoid robotics right now is preoccupied with automating physical labor.
Replacing human labor on factory floors, having robots that handle cleaning, and laundry folding. All of this is a big market.
We think there will be an even bigger market -- and more exciting -- about discovering new opportunities that robots will afford.
Instead of being limited to what we currently do, we think AI will open a whole new world of entertainment surrounding robotics.
Testbed for Physical Intelligence
Sports have served as benchmarks for human physical skills for thousands of years.
We imagine a world in which AI sports serve as a benchmark for robots.
This will then challenge developers to unlock algorithmic advancements; without shortcuts.
Time to Dream
At Ludus Labs we want to rethink what athletics will look like in the age of AI.
We will have robots and superhuman intelligence. Let's imagine new sports. Bring back long lost sports. Find clever adjustments to existing sports.
Gladiator fighting. Hunger games. Adventure racing in crazy terrains. The crazier the better.
The Ludus Path
We are achieving this through:
- High fidelity simulated environments to train policies.
- Algorithmic advancements to reduce the reality gap and solve sim2real transfer.
- Building the whole entertainment layer around AI sports to make people hang posters of their favorite AI athletes on their walls.