AI researcher argues regulation will catch up with robot-driven labor displacement
andrey_kurenkov · x · 2026-10-31
AI researcher Andrey Kurenkov discusses AI regulation timelines versus physical-world progress. Skeptical of Sam Altman's many proclamations, he argues that since the physical world moves slowly — even securing energy for data centers is hard — robots won't seriously take over construction jobs for years, giving regulation time to address labor displacement by then.
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