It’s true - everyone is talking about manufacturing, but that’s not sizing the timeline
The ~100× harder problem is solving general robotics - building a robot that’s truly autonomous and general-purpose
It’s hard for the public to see real progress when most humanoids today are actually teleoperated behind the scenes without disclosure - basically a “self-driving” car secretly steered by a remote driver. Consumers can’t tell the difference between full autonomy and a human puppet. I really hope this stops as it’s peak deception and is harming the entire industry
Our focus is on full autonomy; it’s incredibly difficult but a tractable problem. It’s the only path to a sci-fi future
Solve general robotics, and you win
Brett Adcock at NVIDIA GTC:
Solving general-purpose AI for humanoid robots is ten to a hundred times harder than making the humanoid robots.