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a16z · The Robots Already Working in American Factories | Tutor…
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Why Is Robotics a Systems Problem, Not Just an AI Problem?
Josh Gruenstein tells Martin Casado and Raghu Raghuram that infinite robot intelligence still leaves the problem unsolved, because the robots still have to be manufactured at scale. Eight billion people already have the physical intelligence robots need. Software that could connect any person to any robot would be unlimited robot intelligence, and manufacturing in the United States would still be a cottage industry. Robots are a rounding error even in manufacturing and logistics, the software does not exist, and the customers do not exist, because the robots cannot do the jobs customers want done.
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