Isola on Malik's challenge: dexterous control unsolved, but high-frequency controllers + LLMs can do it
phillip_isola · x · 2026-09-08
Responding to Jitendra Malik's challenge, Phillip Isola said he'd like to try to prove it. He agrees real dynamic and dexterous control hasn't been demonstrated yet, but believes it can be done — and that the best approaches will involve high-frequency controllers as additional tools for LLMs.
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