Robotics researcher: Astra, Fable, Muse zero-shot benchmarks spark academic despair
LerrelPinto · x · 2026-09-13
NYU professor Lerrel Pinto senses deep despair among academics this week as Astra, Fable and Muse zero-shot their way through robotics and world-model benchmarks. His take: it's an uneasy pill to swallow, but this is what step jumps in progress look like.
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