Robotics isn't 'solved' by benchmark jumps — it's solved when GDP grows 100x
eigenron · x · 2026-11-02
Nikolaus West argues robotics is only 'solved' when world GDP has grown by a hundred orders of magnitude and we've colonized the galaxy — not when a benchmark score goes from 42.2% to 63.1%. A jab at the trend of declaring breakthroughs from benchmark numbers.
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