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Stop strategizing so much Stop setting so many plays in motion Stop doing things only based in fear Act in love and the universe will come to your side

@powerbottomdad1 True

@radbackwards sure. but i dont give mr spac cock the benefit of the doubt anymore

I’m the last person I’d expect to rush to Figure’s defense and I’m looking forward to hearing Brett’s take here AND in any and all cases I stand with Power Bottom Dad (king). But imo— this demo seems authentically autonomous and could see this being a learned behavior from tele-operators that collected the data for this model with their VR headsets.

@powerbottomdad1 Ya. That’s probably true. I have plenty of thoughts re: safety, scalability of their hardware platform, whether or not VLA’s will scale, etc. But this task is something they’ve been doing for years and prob isn’t something to interrogate

@radbackwards he actually has a pretty reasonable sounding excuse but doesnt give me tons of confidence on the models brittleness

@JimEberhart NEO has eyes which let us build on top of non-verbal queues from thou who is in conversation. It will take a lot of iteration to get right but this will not be a problem with NEO.

@radbackwards So.....how well does NEO handle this concern?

I always feel like there’s a gun to my head when I’m talking to LLMs in voice mode. I can’t take a breath or think for a second without it prematurely answering. A walkie-talkie style hold-to-speak would solve this.

@hovmoses No it didn’t— the guy was sweating trying to figure out how to not stop talking so he didn’t have to do another take of the video again. That demo was what inspired this tweet. Watch it again.

@radbackwards lol so true. Thinking machines demo felt fluent tho

@mads Thank you so much ❤️

@radbackwards i love this so much

Stop strategizing so much Stop setting so many plays in motion Stop doing things only based in fear Act in love and the universe will come to your side

I toured the only factory in America building humanoid robots from scratch. Last month, I got an exclusive first look at the facility making NEO— the humanoid robot launching into consumer homes later this year. It is the most vertically integrated humanoid robot factory in America. Every critical component is done in-house. CEO Bernt Børnich walked us through the full story: from building soapbox cars with his dad at age 11 to leading the only end-to-end humanoid robot factory in the United States. VP of Operations Vikram Kothari then took us inside the entire build process, where every motor, limb, circuit, and sensor comes together under one roof on a rapid four-week cycle from CAD to finished robot. [TIMESTAMPS] (00:00) Welcome to the NEO Factory (01:00) 1X: from childhood dream to reality (02:21) The World Model difference: true general intelligence (03:48) Making everything in America- why is it so important? (05:01) Walking the factory floor (06:04) Safety and privacy (07:57) A more abundant future: the real impact of NEO (09:26) Bernt's story and the 1X North Star Huge thank you to @Berntbornich, Vikram, and the entire @1X_tech team for opening the doors and showing us everything!

@dannyngwsh To be clear I’m not trashing China. In fact— they’re doing amazing in humanoids + robotics. It’s commentary on people who say they build their robots in house here in US when in fact the majority of their whole BOM is just Chinese parts.

You aren’t building robots, you’re sending files to China and getting a robot back

@jeffinvenice @venice_inc who says that? I feel like it is doing well.

Everyone says LA is a dying city. I’m trying to bring it back. If you’re based in LA and looking for a creative space on the west side near the old NeueHouse, we have some extra seats open at @venice_inc

@niccruzpatane Man… they really shoulda gone harder on the design if they were gonna try to come for the king.

Silicon Valley-based company Tensor Auto claims their Robocar will be the first L4 autonomous vehicle commercially available for consumers in 2026. It costs ~$200,000. The vehicle has over 100 sensors: • 37 cameras • 5 LiDARs • 11 radar units • 22 microphones • 10 ultrasonics • 8 water level sensors and more The steering wheel and pedals fold out if you want to drive manually. You could probably buy 6+ Tesla Cybercabs for the price of one of these.

@TBDA_UNIVERSE @rpnickson @MindTendencies2 By being the homie.

@rpnickson @MindTendencies2 How did you score a tour like this?

sometimes they don't even have relevant experience working on hands

Crazy that humanoid companies got roles like 'head of head' and give hand jobs to every mech E with SpaceX on their resume...

People misunderstand this conversation. it isn't 100% made in China or 100% made in America-- it's a configuration that is made up of some things made fully in house, some things truly sourced from X country because Y reason and some things that you've industrialized in other countries (basically meaning you set up your own manufacturing in someone elses facility because it creates some unique advantage). What matters at the end of the day: - You have maximal control of your supply chain - You vertically integrate to the point of having maximal control of cost and iteration speed - We Reindustialize our country for obvious reasons

@radbackwards Well if they rely on local supply chain their business would go under immediately.

@UnitreeRobotics Holy fuck, that’s cool

Unitree Unveils: GD01, A Manned Transformable Mecha, from $650,000 👏 The world's first production-ready manned mecha. It can transform. It's a civilian vehicle. It weighs ~500kg with you inside. Please everyone be sure to use the robot in a Friendly and Safe manner.

This is innovation. I’m taking my 9-9-6 to a 9-9-7 until the US has a comparable product offering.

@Alex_M_Ingram He’s like centaur or Aslan… mythical really

@radbackwards played him in tennis once, the dude rips

I saw Seal live— I’m never going to fail.