Physical AI Barely Exists: Chatbots Can't Run Factory Floors
SimonOlsn · x · 2026-08-06
The author sharply points out the mismatch in current AI deployment: running a factory costs over $100,000 a day, and when equipment drifts at 2 AM, businesses need immediate solutions, not summarization tools.
He argues that while content generation AI is largely done, Physical AI that can actually intervene and control physical entities barely exists.
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