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It can now understand your life, taxes, memories, captions, inside jokes, etc etc better than anyone else in the world, physical or digital.
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Anthropic fudging profitability numbers in the run up to their IPO.
Operational profitability unit economics entirely skewed and contingent on the compute discount from Space X.
Here's my full interview with CNBC, covering my bear case against generative AI, OpenAI's questionable finances, AI's lack of ROI, and how all of this is a symptom of the tech industry running out of hypergrowth ideas.
It's great to see the mainstream media discussing this.
Kids today can’t fathom that society once let their kids out the house with no cell phone, no gps, no method of communication, parents had no idea where their kids were, they’d be gone for the entire day, and yet somehow they came back, everyone was chill, and nobody had anxiety.
U.S. based humanoid robotics company @1x_tech has just unveiled their new tendon-driven robot hands with 25 degrees of freedom (DOF).
• Made in USA
• Tendon Drive Ratio: 5:1–15:1
• Wrist Dexterity: 3 DOF
• Backdrivability: Fully backdrivable
• Tactile Sensing: Pressure + location + slip
• Finger Force: Up to 45 N
• Wrist Torque: 17.75 Nm
• Position Accuracy: ±0.2 mm
• Waterproof Rating: IP68
• Reliability: >2 million cycles
"These hands are designed to do something fundamental: remove the hardware ceiling on what humanoid robots can actually do, and make data the only barrier to capabilities. By matching or surpassing human hands across the dimensions that matter, they ensure our AI models are no longer limited by dexterity. NEO can now perform virtually any task a human can do with their hands– with the precision, adaptability, and gentleness required for real-world environments."
.@AdrianDittmann: "SpaceX is basically ensuring the victory of the United States in space exploration just by existing, purely by existing, which is really beautiful."
"Going to space is critical for any serious country and any serious company that has any interest in space. It's getting there and actually being there and setting things up there that is absolutely critical."
"However much money you can spend on this now, it's a good idea to do that because you will not always have time, and others are going to try and compete as well."
"The United States has always been very good at out-accelerating at these kinds of things. SpaceX now, they've launched more satellites than every other country in history combined."
Palantir CEO Alex Karp on what customers actually want, the real business of frontier labs, and the importance of open source models:
“What the technical customers want is control over their compute, their models, their data stack, and their alpha. They want to know they own the means of production, and it's not being transferred to someone else.”
"Who owns the data? Are the prompts secure? Is this being transferred to you?"
"If it was so valuable, and I can make you a billion dollars, wouldn't I say I'll make you a billion dollars and I want 30%? Why are they charging for tokens if it's so valuable?"
Mark Rosheim built a robotic joint that mimics a human wrist—full range of motion, no wobble, no compromise.
The first version had custom-machined gears and hand-loaded bearings. Stunning, but nearly impossible to afford.
So he started over, again and again. Eight generations of the same idea, each one simpler than the last.
The final version uses off-the-shelf parts, costs a fraction, and performs better.
He drew inspiration from a 1789 sketch, a library book, and the way your muscles actually contract when you move your arm.
We're open-sourcing Asimov v1, a humanoid robot.
With Asimov v1, you can build, train on, and make it your own humanoid robot. It's the first step of building a humanoid labor force for the rest of us.
Asimov v1 is 1.2 m tall, 35 kg, with 25 actuated degrees of freedom. Structural parts machined in 7075 aluminium and 3D-printed in MJF PA12 nylon.
We're releasing the mechanical design and simulation files. Ready for locomotion policy training out of the box.
The BOM is open too. Source everything yourself, or order the DIY Kit. All components, ready to assemble. $499 deposit, $15,000 target price. Ships end of summer 2026.
GitHub: https://t.co/kjqkny2oqW
Manual: https://t.co/9tjkteOcxO
DIY Kit: https://t.co/tzvzNyXQfA
Most humanoid robots are controlled by the companies that build them. Asimov v1 is built for the rest of us. Build it, test it, and share your feedback with the community.
@tunguz The future is a range of outcomes. Making a solid guess at the min and max of that range, and being prepared for everything in between is easier said than done though.