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Move Aside, Chatbots: AI Humanoids Are Here


Today on "Uncanny Valley," we talk about why the AI industry is investing in the development of humanoid robots, and what that means for us non-robots.

When I read the piece, my first thought was Yann LeCun's position where we're not going to reach AGI or AI that's smarter than all of us without that physical intelligence bit, without it learning in the real world, like any other carbon-based life form. Michael Calore: It feels like the end game for the AI companies is to create humanoid robots that can function in place of a human in factory environments, in shipping and receiving, and around the home doing helpful tasks. One time I was doing source reach-outs and someone told me, "I can't talk, but you're the first on my list if I find out Sam Altman has an army of humanoid robots at the bottom of Chase Center."

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