84 - Why are Humans Still Being Trained to Operate Dirt Machines?

Published: Feb. 6, 2019, 1 p.m.

When I was growing up, I always wanted to get behind the controls of some piece of earth moving equipment. I also recently watched training videos featuring augmented and virtual reality, and concluded that the training simulator in the video above has it backwards now. It teaches humans how to manipulate the arms of the machine, rather than having humans teach the machine how to dig for itself. AI and automation are the future. 

Duration: 10m 8s