Timothy Lee bets against home humanoid robots before 2029, sees only teleoperated pilots
binarybits · x · 2026-08-28
Tech writer Timothy B. Lee (@binarybits) made a concrete, falsifiable prediction in a thread: it's very unlikely we'll see humanoid robots in homes by 2027 — or 2029 — beyond a few pilot programs that are mainly tele-operated, rather than genuinely autonomous household robots. He first challenged others to name a specific verifiable change by September 1, 2027, then committed to his own skeptical stance on the home-robot timeline.
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