cixliv: robot fighting may be the first realized market where bots beat average humans
cixliv · x · 2026-10-28
In a reply to Rewkang, cixliv makes a pointed observation: fighting/combat sports are great because it's a "realized market" — a domain that actually generates value — and robots seem to already be better than the average human at it.
Though brief, the tweet hints at a contrarian commercialization path for embodied AI: rather than waiting for general-purpose competence, structured spectator-friendly arenas like robot fighting may be the first place humanoid robotics actually pays off.
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