StewartAlsop Criticizes SF Tech Scene: Robot Demos are Piloted by Humans
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-02
StewartAlsop criticizes the SF tech scene, comparing it to Xerox PARC before Jobs appropriated the tech, with China playing Jobs' role this time. He suggests LLMs might be the last hurrah and current innovation is performative art to raise VC money. He specifically mocks humanoid robot demos, claiming they only work because they are piloted by humans.
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