Researcher oier_mees Joins Prometheus Zurich to Build Physical-World AGI
xiao_ted · x · 2026-09-02
Researcher oiermees announced he is joining Prometheus in Zurich to work on general intelligence for the physical world. He argues that while AI has made extraordinary progress in the digital world, its impact on the physical economy remains limited — and changing that is one of the most exciting problems of the time, in contrast to the industry's focus on scaling today's frontier models. Team lead xiaoted welcomed him.
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