Embodied AI debate escalates as Isola and Chalenti respond to Malik
MIT's Phillip Isola responded to Jitendra Malik's embodied-AI skepticism, agreeing on layered control but differing on where the boundary lies, while Georgia Chalenti countered that embodied adaptation cannot be assumed inherent in VLMs.
2026-09-08 ~ 2026-09-08 · 2 related posts
- Episode 1: Malik and Isola Debate Whether LLMs Can Control Robots(2026-09-08, 4 posts)
- Episode 2: Embodied AI debate escalates as Isola and Chalenti respond to Malik(2026-09-08, 2 posts)
- Phillip Isola: LLM agents won't act alone, they'll call low-level controllers via code — phillip_isola · 2026-09-08
- Embodiment doesn't vanish above low-level controllers — the Isola assumption is unproven — GeorgiaChal · 2026-09-08