Carmack reality-checks robot demos: no robot on Earth can change batteries in a jack-o-lantern
elonmusk · x · 2026-10-27
John Carmack pushes back on robot-apocalypse fears driven by flashy demos: no robot in the world can change the batteries in a jack-o-lantern. With a robot-friendly door handle it might walk outside, pick something up and carry it back, or open a drawer — but that's the ceiling. Elon Musk replied proposing "real benchmarks" like assembling a Swiss watch while catching a 100mph baseball.
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