Joe Tsao wants robots with attitude, not sycophantic "companions"
Scobleizer · x · 2026-09-22
Joel Tsao argues "companion" has become an infantilizing dirty word in robotics. He wants a character with personality — a machine that challenges, surprises, and even annoys you into reconsidering, rather than one that admires everything you say. Scoble bets he could build a billion-dollar robot character company.
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