humanoid robots

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 18, 2025 by Richard Socher · across every show →

Everything said about humanoid robots, oldest first

Apr 18, 2025 negative
Insight
Socher: Humanoids Are Suboptimal for Highly Repeatable Industrial Tasks
“And so, for almost every process that is highly repeatable, there's a better, more quickly evolved new hardware form than five fingers on two arms.”
Richard Socher Apr 18, 2025 ▶ 28:57 20VC: Foundation Models: Who Wins & Who Loses | How Economies and Labour Markets Need to Change in a World of AI | China vs the US in an AI Race: What You Need to Know | Rich Socher, Founder @ You.com
Jun 18, 2026 negative
Opinion
O'Driscoll: Humanoid robots are overkill for short-term industrial tasks
“The case they articulated against humanoids in the short term I think is more correct than not, which is it's overkill for many industrial practices, and what you really want is a thing that can see, that can pick things out, can flexibly be trained very quick…”
Rory O'Driscoll Jun 18, 2026 ▶ 1:18:05 Anthropic's Fable Banned by US Government | Wix & Adobe Hit All-Time Lows | Mistral Raising at $20BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 12, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Franceschetti: Automakers skipping humanoids will lose car and robotics markets
“I think all these automakers should transform themselves and start building humanoids, because the humanoid will be what cars were in the sixties. If they don't do that, they will not lose only cars, they will lose also the humanoid market, which is trillions …”
Matteo Franceschetti Sep 12, 2026 ▶ 25:19 Labour, Engineering, Social Media, GrokBots, Cybercabs: 7 Predictions for How AI Changes the World
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