Embodied AI founder claims robots will beat the tennis world champion within a year
YangYou1991 · x · 2026-09-13
Yang You relays a claim from an embodied AI founder that robots will beat the human tennis world champion within a year. He's skeptical but says he'd pay $30,000 for one to play with daily and would love to watch that 'AlphaGo moment for robotics' livestreamed — a prediction far beyond current public capabilities.
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