From Queuing to Robotics Simulation and Agricultural Forecasting
Scobleizer · x · 2026-07-18
Scobleizer shared highlights from a chat with @blevlabs while waiting in line for ice cream at the San Francisco Ferry Building:
- He joked about his dislike for queuing and wanting @1xtech's Neo robot to wait in line for him.
- The conversation expanded into causality and how AI assistants can explain complex concepts in minimalist terms.
- He mentioned "amazing stuff" in Niantic's lab and how NVIDIA's simulation system can "generate a city from a single image."
- He also noted that agricultural robots are doing similar work by building predictive models for farmland to anticipate field events.
He concluded by marveling at the rapid pace of change and casually dropping that "Kimi won the week."
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