Why AI moves fast while robotics lags: barriers and talent flow
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-08-24
In response to the question of why AI advances at lightspeed while robotics feels slower, a developer offered an industry analysis:
- Environment: A generation feared the less dynamic and highly regulated robotics industry, driving ambitious talent to software to avoid barriers.
- Personal choice: The author once rejected a role on space station docking systems for game dev due to these factors.
- AI's inflection point: Pragmatists only gradually joined AI after 2012 (AlexNet/GPUs) proved its viability.
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