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Switch: Benchmarking the Handling of TCIs in Long-Horizon Embodied Scenarios

tellarin — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:12:05 +0000

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/papers/2511.17649

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47331680

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New comment by tellarin in "Yann LeCun raises $1B to build AI that understands the physical world"

tellarin — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:11:03 +0000

Selfless plug here... Some collaborators and I just released a first version of a benchmark we think highlights a critical gap in recent models in understanding causality in the real-world, beyond a physics focus.

Everyday environments are rich in tangible control interfaces (TCIs), like, light switches, appliance panels, and embedded GUIs, that are designed for humans and demand commonsense and physics reasoning, but also causal prediction and outcome verification in time and space (e.g., delayed heating, remote lights).

SWITCH: Benchmarking Modeling and Handling of Tangible Interfaces in Long-horizon Embodied Scenarios (https://huggingface.co/papers/2511.17649)

Feedback, suggestions, and collaborators are very welcome!

New comment by tellarin in "CompSci was a golden ticket to a lucrative career. Now graduates can't get a job"

tellarin — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:33:58 +0000

I'm hiring and can't find enough good CS candidates. Not in the UK though.

New comment by tellarin in "Ask HN: What was the most humble living situation you had in your early days?"

tellarin — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:00:48 +0000

For a while I shared an old apartment with 3 others. Old building, 10th floor, cloth-wrapped wiring (no modern plastic/rubber/etc.), windows that didn't close, a condemned fenced-off balcony, and occasional rat visitors that could reach the 10th floor.

New comment by tellarin in "How Quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack"

tellarin — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:42:26 +0000

Dupe. Recent thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45962654

New comment by tellarin in "Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney dies aged 84"

tellarin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:12:31 +0000

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45809932

New comment by tellarin in "Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84"

tellarin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:12:13 +0000

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45809932

Emu3.5: Native Multimodal Models Are World Learners [pdf]

tellarin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:15:02 +0000

Article URL: https://emu.world/Emu35_tech_report.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45808603

Points: 2

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New comment by tellarin in "The Internet runs on free and open source software and so does the DNS"

tellarin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:23:31 +0000

Just maybe not enough.

Emu3.5: Native Multimodal Models Are World Learners [pdf]

tellarin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:17:43 +0000

Article URL: https://emu.world/Emu35_tech_report.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45757912

Points: 1

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How nervous are investors about the stock market?

tellarin — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:28:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq502xl53xqo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45691094

Points: 2

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Amazon unveils prototype AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers

tellarin — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:28:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rpzrrgqvlo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45691087

Points: 2

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Alaska Airlines flights grounded across US due to IT outage

tellarin — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:27:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjdlz41d65o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45691080

Points: 1

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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat

tellarin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 05:10:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz3vv62pgo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45678345

Points: 2

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North Korea sent him abroad to be a secret IT worker

tellarin — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:18:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15wk77zxngo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44766326

Points: 112

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How China made electric vehicles mainstream

tellarin — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:11:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d5ld8y8pwo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44387092

Points: 3

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Can AI speak the language Japan tried to kill?

tellarin — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:09:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250625-can-ai-speak-the-language-japan-tried-to-kill

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44387074

Points: 21

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New comment by tellarin in "Why Bell Labs Worked"

tellarin — Mon, 12 May 2025 03:07:05 +0000

Google has DeepMind, Microsoft has Microsoft Research, Meta has FAIR.

It’s not trivial to foster such environments, but they do still exist in different forms.

New comment by tellarin in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)"

tellarin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:08:57 +0000

My team and I are working on embodied AI. More specifically, focusing on humanoid legged robots for long horizon tasks combining navigation and manipulation/interaction.

We've recently put a paper out in arXiv (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.12533) and the project page is: https://beingbeyond.github.io/being-0/

BAAI is also hiring! No fully remote positions though. :-/

The Leading Players in China's Humanoid Robotic Revolution

tellarin — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:46:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2025-03-26/meet-the-leading-players-in-chinas-humanoid-robotic-revolution-102302527.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43491831

Points: 2

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