AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.

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Many science fiction fans envision a future with flying cars and robot maids. But now, China is close to releasing flying cars, and the robotics industry has already birthed humanoid robots. A ...

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The 4-foot-tall humanoid robot that’s in front of me seems, quite honestly, a bit drunk. It leaps from one leg to the other, waving its arms. After 30 seconds or so it abruptly stops, then strides ...

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Opponents of AI insist that AI robots will soon outnumber humans in offices, factories, and warehouses — and at least one former Citi executive agrees.