Adcock: I Won't Let Figure Robots Roam Unsupervised Around My Kids
Brett Adcock · Humanoids Cost as Much as an SUV Now | Nikhil Kamath x Brett Adcock | WTF Online Ep 2 · Nikhil Kamath · Nov 5, 2025 · at 42:15
Figure AI founder Brett Adcock responds to Nikhil Kamath's question about whether he would trust humanoid robots alone with his children.
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“I've had a robot in my house now for like a few months. And You know, my kids have been there, but we, like, we monitor the robot. So we're not, like, we're not, like, we're, like, we have somebody with the robot. Like, we're not letting the kids go up and hug it. We're, like, we're just doing tasks. We're trying to understand real robot performance. True safety for me is, like, having a robot that I've just, we've designed in my home with my kids. We have young kids. And, like, fully autonomously. And we're not there today. Like, I would not let my, like, robot roam free for hours and weeks right now with my young kids.”
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