I just interviewed someone in China building the AI infrastructure to run robots, after visiting a Silicon Valley robot company earlier.
He, and others, say don't be fooled by the videos you see on X: that a generalized, safe, robot that can come into our homes is years away (most say five to 10).
That said, they will do specific things this year in factories and other businesses. And every month we'll see them do more.
This matches what I saw at CES, where we saw @DynaRobotics folding laundry, or @UnitreeRobotics dancing, or @XPengMotors robots here walking.
No one is really ahead in this race, but lots of positioning to help get investors to pour capital into these companies because the payoff is so large.
It also keeps armies of smart people employed building video capture systems, sensors, motors, chips, simulators, world models, and other things that the robots will need to see improved for years.
It is clear to me that there is a huge demand for computer scientists, electrical and mechanical engineers, and many others needed to supply this new industry for years.
While lots of AI, like Anthropic Claude, can write code, which takes away lots of "coding" jobs, it is clear there is still a ton of demand for new workers in this new industry which is just starting its growth path.
Feels like the early smartphone industry right now, and X is the place to be to watch this industry take shape.
Well, today was a busy day, now gotta go have some fun with @dreamina_ai and @Kling_ai, which is what I do for fun. Speaking of which, I wasn't watching X very closely today and when I got back to my feed it rocked with a ton of new things, like this one from @overworld_ai, which is a new kind of world model: https://t.co/R4Jq1W0iBo
See, the research into robotics is bringing us fun new things in other domains like making fun videos for your family and friends.
Of course I have lists here on X for each of these. Kling, for instance, is on my Holodeck list. And I built lists of the robotics industry, among many others: https://t.co/9eRY65x3IQ (if you hate the algorithm, why aren't you using lists? They are a lot better than the main feed for learning, especially if you put them into X Pro. You should see my screens, there is an insane amount of new things being shared every minute by the AI industry).
Grok might say this post doesn't have enough rage bait to get massive reach, which bums me out because making some sort of angry post isn't gonna get more people to join the AI industry and start to learn to do new things, whether it will be making a fun video, or designing something new for their business, or joining the robotic industry.