johnowhitaker: shelf-stocking, burger-flipping humanoids by September 2031
johnowhitaker · x · 2026-09-09
Continuing his humanoid growth-rate discussion, johnowhitaker says he's more optimistic on capabilities: he expects humanoids clearly capable of stocking shelves and flipping burgers by September 2031, while noting scale projections are timeline-sensitive — 10M units by 2030 at a 6-month doubling time, mostly diverted into building more robots.
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