Robotics professor mocks billion-dollar startups' 'breakthrough' demos
LerrelPinto · x · 2026-09-18
Robotics researcher Lerrel Pinto mocked multi-billion-dollar startups claiming major AI breakthroughs while demoing what smart kids with a few GPUs can already do today — a jab at hype vs. reality in robotics demos.
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