Brian Potter
Person on 4 sites
Structural engineer and senior infrastructure fellow at the Institute for Progress; writes Construction Physics.
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47 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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One possible future for construction automation is that AI and robotics change the logic of prefab construction and make it more attractive. (opens korrents.com)
“One possible future I see for construction automation is "AI + robotics changes the logic of prefab construction and makes it more attractive," so it'll be interesting to see if things like this play out.”
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Real-world deployed robots will probably eventually be the largest source of robot training data. (opens korrents.com)
“This sort of arm farm doesn't seem to be widely used today, but using real-world deployed robots will probably eventually be the largest source of robot training data.”
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Video recordings are probably less informationally dense for AI training than text data, even though they contain a lot of data. (opens korrents.com)
“Thus even though video recordings contain a lot of data, they're probably less informationally dense for training purposes than text data.”
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One possible future for construction automation is that AI and robotics change the logic of prefab construction and make it more attractive. (opens korrents.com)
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3 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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High Rise (opens rcmnd.app)
“This is the exact sort of book I love, narrative-ish nonfiction written by a journalist who nails both the prose and the factual details. High Rise tells the story of the construction of 1540 Broadway, mostly from the…”
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How Real Estate Developers Think (opens rcmnd.app)
“By far the best book I've read about real estate development.”
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Form Follows Finance (opens rcmnd.app)
“A great look at the economics of early skyscraper construction and its influence on aesthetics, with the only downside being that it mostly doesn't cover the late 20th century when modernism was taking hold.”
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High Rise (opens rcmnd.app)