Forward-looking analysis on humanoid systems, AGI convergence, the economics of automation, and what it all means for how we work and live. Considered, evidence-based, and honest about uncertainty.
Forward-looking analysis is inherently speculative. We try to be transparent about what is grounded in current evidence versus what is extrapolation or informed opinion. Articles in this section are labelled accordingly — Look for "Analysis" (evidence-grounded), "Perspective" (argued opinion), and "Horizon" (longer-range speculation).
Something shifted in 2024. OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and a wave of well-funded startups all moved from software-only AI products towards physical embodiment. We examine the technical logic behind this convergence — and what it tells us about where general intelligence is heading.
A growing strand of AI research argues that general intelligence cannot emerge from text prediction alone — that it requires the kind of causal, sensorimotor grounding that comes from interacting with the physical world. We examine the argument and its critics.
Google's Robotics Transformer 2 was the first system to show that a model trained on internet-scale text and images could transfer that knowledge to physical manipulation tasks. What it proves, and what it doesn't, is more nuanced than the headlines suggested.
The public debate about robots taking jobs generates enormous heat and remarkably little light. We survey the empirical evidence from labour economics — what has happened in industries where automation has already arrived, and what the models predict for what comes next.
How to enter and build a career in the industry — coming Q2 2025.
Multiple competing platforms capable of unstructured pick-and-place tasks in real logistics environments, supervised but not directly operated by humans.
Regulatory frameworks in at least two jurisdictions permitting limited autonomous surgical operations for low-risk, well-characterised procedures.
Not science fiction general-purpose robots — but systems capable of a defined set of household tasks (dishes, laundry, basic cleaning) at a price point below $30,000.