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Posted by ChrisArchitect 1 day ago

Disney Imagineering Debuts Next-Generation Robotic Character, Olaf(disneyparksblog.com)
276 points | 132 commentspage 3
brcmthrowaway 1 day ago|
How does a Steam Deck compare to say, TouchOSC on an iPad?
hamdingers 1 day ago|
One is a portable linux computer and the other is a MIDI app? What comparison are you hoping for?
brcmthrowaway 16 hours ago||
I mean't Stream Deck
fwip 1 day ago||
When even Disney can't be bothered to write an article without using the default LLM voice... ugh.
ehnto 1 day ago|
It's a corporate feel that comes from a professional setting and lots of risk aversion. That is exactly what LLMs tend to write, so I sometimes catch myself feeling the "LLM ick" but the article was from before the boom.

So I guess it's just the corporate wash cycle, which I am happy to criticize, LLM generated or not.

gedy 1 day ago||
Really neat, and made me realize we are getting close to having these type of cute robots at home. With LLMs and voice they would be pretty entertaining companions for many people.
ConanRus 22 hours ago||
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NedF 1 day ago||
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whiteboardr 1 day ago||
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october8140 1 day ago|
Wrong comments.
whiteboardr 1 day ago||
Apologies.

For some reason ended up commenting here but should have gone here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46345897

Still curious, how Mein Kampf is in the top ten and the included link to a Channel 5 segment ist still relevant also.

But again: apologies for ending up in the wrong spot with this.

charcircuit 1 day ago|
>From the way he moves to the way he looks, every gesture and detail is crafted to reflect the Olaf audiences have seen in the film

He looks nothing like a snowman. Snow doesn't look fuzzy. This project appears to focus more on trying to get it moving around in an animated way than getting the character to look right, at least when viewed from photographs.

fennecfoxy 1 day ago|
But how do you know he's made from regular snow and not magical snow that has whatever properties they like? He's literally a talking snowman, lmao.
charcircuit 19 hours ago||
Watch the movie. Olaf is not fuzzy.