Show Notes
In this weeks episode Ben covers: 00:00 Humanoids were missing their brain–now they have AI 01:50 The Humanoid market today 03:21 Humanoid vs human half marathon! 04:00 Figure AI integrate ChatGPT for Speech and Reasoning 07:11 What’s the business case for enterprise customers? 07:21 Shortage of labour 09:05 Workplace fatalities and injuries 11:25 Employee turnover 13:05 Employee theft 15:47 Boston Dynamics’ Atlas working on construction site 17:55 Figure AI working in BMW’s digital twi...
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