Humanoid Robot Investments Might Be Premature
MFordFuture · x · 2026-07-12
The poster shared a New Yorker article on humanoid robot progress and offered their own take:
- Investing heavily in humanoid robots right now might be like Zuckerberg doubling down on VR/Metaverse: the direction might not be wrong, but the timing is likely premature.
- They believe humanoid robots "will be huge one day," but not right now.
- By contrast, non-humanoid robots operating in more controlled environments might be a much more viable path for the present.
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