humanoid robots
4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2025 by Ben Mann · across every show →
Everything said about humanoid robots, oldest first
Jul 20, 2025 positive
Mann: Unitree Robot Hardware Is Ready; Intelligence Will Determine Viability Soon
“Unitree is this Chinese company with these really amazing humanoid robots that cost like 20,000 dollars each. And they can do amazing things. They can like do a standing backflip and like manipulate objects. And the real thing that's missing there is the intel…”
Mar 8, 2026 neutral
Younis: Viral nunchuck robots are pre-programmed motors, not sentient machines
“You see nunchuck robots and you just feel like, well, the gap, you know, this, these are sentient beings that are at their own volition going rather than it's a bunch of motors have been programmed to do a certain thing.”
May 17, 2026 bearish
Kalinowski: Humanoids will only handle long-tail tasks while specialized robots dominate
“My suspicion is we'll have humanoids for some long tail things that we need to do that humans are currently doing. That will be important, but we'll also have robots that are for construction, robots that are for electrical work, robots that are for Very low v…”
May 17, 2026 bearish
Kalinowski: Current humanoid robots are advanced prototypes unready for safe deployment
“So in my world, in my worldview, the humanoid robots are still prototypes. And they're advanced prototypes. What we need to do is show that this works at all, which is kind of where we're at right now. Once we have working prototypes, then usually, at least in…”