Humanoid robot fights spark debate: entertainment is the only real use case today
KyleMorgenstein · x · 2026-10-22
Kyle Morgenstein and cixliv debated humanoid fighting demos. cixliv argues people simply like robot fights, and that economic arbitrage for humanoids doing manual labor remains hypothetical, making entertainment the realistic near-term use case. Morgenstein counters that many find the violence reprehensible and dislikes investment in tech that is explicitly marketed as being used against people. The exchange highlights the gap between overhyped labor use cases and entertainment-driven demos in the humanoid industry.
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