Musk on China's humanoid robot games: the future will have 'a lot, a lot' of robots
XFreeze · x · 2026-09-25
Elon Musk said everyone in America was fascinated by the robot games in China, where humanoids boxed, wrestled, ran and did gymnastics. He argued the entertainment value itself signals real progress — robots that keep falling over wouldn't be fun to watch — and concluded that the future will feature "a lot, a lot" of robots.
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