Meet The New AI Robot Billionaire

Armed with more than $750 million in funding, Brett Adcock vows that Figure will become one of the most important businesses in the world. First, there is a lot of work to do. Adcock, the 38-year-old founder and CEO of robot maker Figure, is riding high. In January, the company announced a collaboration with BMW, with the goal of putting Figure’s robots to work at the German automaker’s Spartanburg, South Carolina manufacturing plant. Six weeks later, Figure raised $675 million at a $2.6 billion valuation from the likes of Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI Startup Fund and Jeff Bezos. At the same time, Figure signed a collaboration agreement with OpenAI to develop next generation AI models for humanoid robots.
The valuation makes Adcock, who owns about 50% of the Sunnyvale, California company, a new billionaire. With his Figure stake and shares from a previous startup, he’s worth an estimated $1.4 billion.
Even with all the money in the world, success is not assured.
0:00 Intro
0:35 Who is Brett Adcock?
1:45 Building the Figure Team
2:18 What Makes Figure Different?
3:16 Figure 01 Demonstration
4:44 Training Humanoids
6:47 The Future of Robots
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[@monkey_man3931]

The bot looks like it is coming along nicely. Now all they have to do is Adcock.

[@mums2109]

This made me longer than I should have

[@ST5S5]

😂😂😂

[@Appalations]

​@@mums2109 😂

[@YREHCorp]

@@mums2109ew

[@420blazinOG]

💀💀

[@DeZiio]

Then Boston Dynamics comes in and makes this tech look 20 years old

[@gytispranskunas4984]

You are missing the point of this robot. It's not about how it moves. It's about A.I integration. Boston dynamics robots can only do what they are programmed to do. This one can do whatever you ask it to do. It's very limited now. But it's just the beginning. 10 years from now, you will see warehouses full of these robots

[@DeZiio]

@@gytispranskunas4984 you realize Microsoft owns both OpenAi and Boston Dynamics lol Two wings same bird

[@johnshoemakerpbc]

Not at all. This one has vastly different roles than BD’s.

[@fubar12345]

BD have already conceded they were wrong about hydraulics based bots. Old hydraulic Atlas retired, new Atlas uses electric actuators. No they can't do backflips anymore - they don't need to. Software is more important than hardware. A bot of average human strength is good enough, it doesn't need to be superhuman.

[@gu8486]

​@@gytispranskunas4984 their new robot will have ai now

[@redgrant4897]

The new Atlas arrived today. Atlas IS the future.

[@paulchristopherlittle]

whats that

[@justarty184]

​@@paulchristopherlittle boston dynamics robot, way more impressive than this, but this one is surely far from being worst

[@jayem8981]

Atlas doesn’t appear to have cognitive recognition however. So, there appears to be a difference between the two.

[@redgrant4897]

@@jayem8981 That is just connecting to the Cloud. The Cloud is where the compute happens. You don't want it on board.

[@Ian-vb8hp]

@@jayem8981 That's quite an assumption from a 30 second video.

[@mylooooooooooo]

Brett Adcock is 38 years old! i thought he was like 24 :O

[@charlech]

Great, now I have a decade to catch up to him 😂

[@SublimeAudioBooks1111]

Nah, he looks like 38 in my opinion.

[@cooliipie]

I 30 and he looks 10 years older than me. Seems right

[@aditya_on_youtube]

@@cooliipie I'm 38 and he looks at least 5 - 8 years younger to me.

[@lylefranksaunders2113]

You don't get 24yo billionaires

[@theonemox]

The convergence of AI and robotics we are starting to see is gonna be epic... 5-10 years from now there will be intelligent robots all over society.

[@glennalexon1530]

How big a share of an unprofitable company does one need to own to be called a billionaire by Forbes? Is this company the next Theranos or the next FTX?

[@AdamBechtol]

Mmmm

[@sidsays1198]

Theranos had an impossible product, RTX had access to customer money that the owner stole. This is a product that already exists in beta and has shown real progress.

[@kajmobile]

He founded other companies that had big exits

[@ST5S5]

You can literally see the product working in the video

[@Observer168]

Everything could be staged

[@venturefanatic9262]

The Labor Crisis is that not one of these Companies wants to pay a living wage for these 10 Million Jobs no one wants.

[@calyl]

Will wait for the expose...

[@caliniaru1673]

How much was Forbes paid for this?

[@ramarwint3919]

Exactly cuz this dude isn’t a billionaire and this stuff doesn’t even seem sustainable. Reminds me of Trevor Milton from Nikola Trucking who is currently in jail that Forbes also featured

[@sp123]

Forbes is the new payola

[@cynthia-jo1zz]

His clienteles could be much from asia making him a billionaire...asia wantsss this technology soo bad..so every American and or European with an innovation is having contracts there.

[@stt.9433]

Exactly it's a nothing burger, he's clearly using his wallstreet pull to get this interview.

[@JesusFollower596]

It’s not that serious relax smh 🤦 ppl are slow

[@MADMAX7330]

I'm getting Elizabeth Holmes vibes 👀

[@xxabulletxx]

People don't want these jobs because they do not pay enough

[@jimj2683]

Look at his previous startups. He just rides hype waves and exits at the top. Take his previous company Archer: He tried to build E-VTOL taxis. He sold it to some gullible investors. Look around, there are virtually no E-VTOL taxis to be found. The same will happen with Figure. He will exit at the top of the hype curve and the robot bubble will burst. All he is doing now is putting together all the existing tech to try to make investors think that innovation is happening fast. Nothing new is happening in his company. Once he sells, the apparent development will stop and we will be waiting many decades before humanoid robots actually become useful. Elon Musk and many others do similar stuff too. It is all about trying to impress gullible investors and getting their money before the investors realize the tech will not really be there for another 20-50 years.

[@Os_-tw4ot]

20-50 years is still a very short time

[@krystalmarie5637]

Interesting perspective

[@aroaris843]

I agree

[@sssssssss111]

Well, that's what most of them do. He's probably proud of it as well

[@Wittgenstein.]

You're not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?

[@ShahramHesabani]

I just hope we use them to solve problems and not create them. Advances in A.I surely can be debated for the good of humans, though most will argue that only a few will benefit especially to their pockets, at the end, interesting to see what the future holds

[@ZinatNazaraghai]

I also agree that it will be interesting. I just wonder if resources are not misplaced in this project. Take a look at the industrial revolution millions of people were made for life simply because they made the right decisions at the time thereby creating generational wealth.

[@YousefMilanian]

I wasn't born into generational wealth but I am definitely on my way to creating one, $615k in profits in one year is surely a start in the right path for me and my dream. Others had luck born in wealth, I have a brain that works.

[@NasrinHashemian]

I bet you had inherited money laying around and was gifted to you to be able to achieve such

[@YousefMilanian]

No such thing happened, I did a lot of research on how the rich do it and this led me to meet, Linda Alice parisi . Having someone specialized in a particular field do a job does wonders fyi. I gave her 100 grand at first

[@user-rf9cl8dt1t]

Dishwashers are likely to lose their jobs 😢

[@cooliipie]

That's a fancy way to say Women

[@glenns3528]

Who’s sad about that? I just love washing dishes

[@willwimbiscus7456]

I'm excited for this I'm a dude who has to do all my families dishes, I've always wanted to just have some robotic arms come out of the side of the sink and do them lol

[@halos4179]

Ever heard of dish washing machine?

[@f8talfury]

Big things have small beginnings

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

Yes Take All Our Jobs. Just have 1000 Billionaires and Robots

[@aelion7761]

3:33 'can you put them there'? The robot was about to say, 'idk can I? But he realized he wasnt sentient yet.

[@raenico5285]

How do you build regulation for a product like this? How do you regulate the safety of a machine that will be in my home interacting with almost everything?

[@Aspiiire]

This is truly the future of technology! Exciting times ahead for Figure and its CEO, Brett Adcock. Can't wait to see the impact they will have on the world!

[@Konami9999]

4:55 why are there bananas lying around

[@theybeonbody1309]

Lets the game begin

[@PrestonMcCreary]

may the odds be in our favor

[@geoms6263]

@@PrestonMcCreary may the Robots have mercy on us

[@ximenadelatijera]

And may the odds, be ever in your favor

[@JesusFollower596]

SMH ya’ll slow, it’s just a video

[@ki6eki]

Boston Dynamics just released their new humanoid robot, and Telsa is making one too

[@ras7646]

And looking at movement and speed, Boston is way ahead. Then Nvidia are working on ways to train them, so the RnD here could be wasted cash in future if they are beaten at it.

[@DaveBuildsThings]

@@ras7646 It's not always about the best. There's the affordability part to consider as well. Boston Dynamics does not sell their robots like Spot, they only lease them. Cost will always factor into adoption of the tech.

[@esko_______2522]

>Brett Adcock: we are only going after low hanging fruit, we won't take significant jobs from humans any time soon >also Brett Adcock: we are working with BMW on the assembly lines well done

[@IceBreezeDay]

I believe one of the professions that will undergo significant change is cashiering. What are your thoughts on this?

[@AIHahb]

Figure 1 is something!

[@pidginblock]

How to start learning robotic and ai development

[@yuval1588]

4:35 That's Ironman's reactor

[@skinnynicci]

great interview.

[@tenzinpassang4812]

Business grad and worked on Wall St. before this? Hmmm red flag so, i went and did some digging. This guy had an EV avian company go public, ipo'ed with no revenue last quarter even though he no longer works there. Trevor Milton 2.0😂😂😂

[@Laminar-Flow]

As an engineer, I concur. You need engineers to lead engineering companies. Boston Dynamics for the win. Boeing is a great example of what it looks like when business majors lead engineering companies

[@sproggs]

@@Laminar-Flow What's wrong with Boeing? I ask this not out of sarcasm but literally from a place of ignorance. My understanding is that they're one of the biggest names in aviation and have done quite well for themselves, whereas Boston Dynamics recently shut down their last robotics project. My take away is that you could have a business major leading a business (of any kind) but they absolutely need a cabinet or advisor who specializes in that field and helps guide the CEO to make industry-specific business decisions. I also majored in anthropology so I'm thinking about this from a behavioral/cultural standpoint lol.

[@andrewding746]

@@sproggs Boston Dynamics didn't shut down their last robotics project, they replaced it with their newest humanoid robot. They just went out of their way to say goodbye since the old pneumatics based atlas was so influential. Boeing is facing a lot of criticisms lately for cutting engineering corners for profit. Their stocks are tanking while their planes fall apart.

[@Laminar-Flow]

@@sproggs Hear me out- I will do my absolute best to explain the situation to you. First off, Boston Dynamic didn’t “shut down” any of their robotics projects… They simply transitioned Atlas from being a hydraulic humanoid robot to a full electric humanoid robot. Only recently have servos/motors, and battery technology improved such that a humanoid robot can be full electric with similar performance. Hydraulics are immensely strong for their weight and that is why they started out with Atlas being hydraulic. The recent “farewell atlas” video they posted was simply a way to drum up media hype for their new full-electric model- check out their channel for the video of full electric atlas as it came out 24 hours later. The motion of the robot will tell-all in terms of the joints being electric, haha. Let me preface with the statement that I love Boeing- their military aircraft are badass. My grandfather finished his flying career (which began in WW2 flying a B24 Liberator) on the Boeing 747. I love the company and I think it is one of the greatest American enterprises of all time, but not in its current state. The simple answer with Boeing is layered, but I’ll give you my best summary: The A320 NEO was outselling the previous generation of 737 because of its more fuel efficient engines. That is the make it or break it metric today for airlines. Fuel cost is everything; it makes maintenance cost look trivial and it directly affects airlines’ profit figures. So, Boeing needed a 737 with similar engines. However, to redesign an aircraft around engines would require airlines to retrain their pilots for thousands of hours on simulators due to type recertification. This would be immensely costly for airlines, and would lead to bad sales on the new 737. The leaders of the company at the time made the decision to retrofit similarly efficient engines on the old 737 model. In technicality, this meant putting absolutely massive engines on the 737 and lead to the implementation of the MCAS system to compensate for the position of the engine air inlets relative to the wing of the aircraft. MCAS killed hundreds of people in multiple crashes (too technical for me to go into here, but you can research that yourself)… In other words, engineers would have disregarded the business implications of a full on redesign and done what is correct yet costs airlines more money, but those in charge of the company (business majors) decided to make the decision to avoid type recertification in favor of better sales numbers. Similar decisions are made at every level of Boeing by managers that don’t understand engineering (especially quality control), and it is far too dangerous to be okay with. As an engineer in America that graduates from an ABET accredited program, you are trained from the very first aero engineering (or other) courses about the ethics of engineering and about the consequences of choices like were made by the business majors at the helm of Boeing when it put out the 737 max product. It is a damn shame to see. Technical prowess, and understanding the math, probability, and physics behind engineering failures will never, ever take the place of a “cabinet” of engineers telling the CEO what to do when that CEO has the final say. Keep in mind though, more CEO’s are engineers than business MBA’s (look it up). CEO’s with business degrees are fine in technology companies because they specialize in making money, but when it comes to managing risk and putting out a safely engineered product, they are fully inept and are at risk of making decisions that could cost lives in the interest of profit like the leaders of Boeing did when they put out the 737 MAX initially. A cabinet of engineers isn’t going to cut it when you’re making aircraft that carry hundreds of people and the final say is that of someone who has no technical knowledge, only knowledge about how to maximize profit. I stand by this opinion, as do most engineers, and it is for a reason. Non-engineers simply don’t understand the risk associated with the decisions made by engineering firms and the sheer amount of variables in engineering problems that can literally kill thousands if not millions of people. In terms of the dude leading the company in this video, he doesn’t understand engineering in the slightest, yet that is the end-goal of his company’s vision- hard engineering. There are too many variables for his company to do exactly what he thinks in as little time as he thinks; that is self/evident to me as an engineer but clearly not to him. In summary, Boston Dynamics is far more profitable than this company is. It’s not even close; spot and Atlas (as well as military contracts) and their algorithms that have been developed since the inception of the company, are unparalleled by any company out there and this companies CEO will probably make similarly bad decisions (like Boeing) to match BD robots’ performance.

[@Laminar-Flow]

@@sproggs Hear me out- I will do my absolute best to explain the situation to you. First off, Boston Dynamic didn’t “shut down” any of their robotics projects… They simply transitioned Atlas from being a hydraulic humanoid robot to a full electric humanoid robot. Only recently have servos/motors, and battery technology improved such that a humanoid robot can be full electric with similar performance. Hydraulics are immensely strong for their weight and that is why they started out with Atlas being hydraulic. The recent “farewell atlas” video they posted was simply a way to drum up media hype for their new full-electric model- check out their channel for the video of full electric atlas as it came out 24 hours later. The motion of the robot will tell-all in terms of the joints being electric, haha. Let me preface with the statement that I love Boeing- their military aircraft are badass. My grandfather finished his flying career (which began in WW2 flying a B24 Liberator) on the Boeing 747. I love the company and I think it is one of the greatest American enterprises of all time, but not in its current state. The simple answer with Boeing is layered, but I’ll give you my best summary: The A320 NEO was outselling the previous generation of 737 because of its more fuel efficient engines. That is the make it or break it metric today for airlines. Fuel cost is everything; it makes maintenance cost look trivial and it directly affects airlines’ profit figures. So, Boeing needed a 737 with similar engines. However, to redesign an aircraft around engines would require airlines to retrain their pilots for thousands of hours on simulators due to type recertification. This would be immensely costly for airlines, and would lead to bad sales on the new 737. The leaders of the company at the time made the decision to retrofit similarly efficient engines on the old 737 model. In technicality, this meant putting absolutely massive engines on the 737 and lead to the implementation of the MCAS system to compensate for the position of the engine air inlets relative to the wing of the aircraft. MCAS killed hundreds of people in multiple crashes (too technical for me to go into here, but you can research that yourself)… In other words, engineers would have disregarded the business implications of a full on redesign and done what is correct yet costs airlines more money, but those in charge of the company (business majors) decided to make the decision to avoid type recertification in favor of better sales numbers. Similar decisions are made at every level of Boeing by managers that don’t understand engineering (especially quality control), and it is far too dangerous to be okay with. As an engineer in America that graduates from an ABET accredited program, you are trained from the very first aero engineering (or other) courses about the ethics of engineering and about the consequences of choices like were made by the business majors at the helm of Boeing when it put out the 737 max product. It is a damn shame to see. Technical prowess, and understanding the math, probability, and physics behind engineering failures will never, ever take the place of a “cabinet” of engineers telling the CEO what to do when that CEO has the final say. Keep in mind though, more CEO’s are engineers than business MBA’s (look it up). CEO’s with business degrees are fine in technology companies because they specialize in making money, but when it comes to managing risk and putting out a safely engineered product, they are fully inept and are at risk of making decisions that could cost lives in the interest of profit like the leaders of Boeing did when they put out the 737 MAX initially. A cabinet of engineers isn’t going to cut it when you’re making aircraft that carry hundreds of people and the final say is that of someone who has no technical knowledge, only knowledge about how to maximize profit. I stand by this opinion, as do most engineers, and it is for a reason. Non-engineers simply don’t understand the risk associated with the decisions made by engineering firms and the sheer amount of variables in engineering problems that can literally kill thousands if not millions of people. In terms of the dude leading the company in this video, he doesn’t understand engineering in the slightest, yet that is the end-goal of his company’s vision- hard engineering. There are too many variables for his company to do exactly what he thinks in as little time as he thinks; that is self/evident to me as an engineer but clearly not to him. In summary, Boston Dynamics is far more profitable than this company is. It’s not even close; spot and Atlas (as well as military contracts) and their algorithms that have been developed since the inception of the company, are unparalleled by any company out there and this companies CEO will probably make similarly bad decisions (like Boeing) to match BD robots’ performance.

[@Observer168]

It could all be staged, everything is scripted and the video could have been shot hundreds of times until they got something satisfactory

[@Ouann]

I like how they never talked about Optimus and how it will be much more competitive with mass production.

[@reecenward]

Super cool, hopefully we use them to solve problems and not create them

[@dannmann17]

In 20 years, we’re gonna look at this and say how slow those robots are🤔

[@15Stratos]

Of course we will, but we can also say that now as well

[@raz9612]

A man with a business degree (not a STEM degree) founded a robotics startup, impressive....

[@michaelmcwhirter]

I applied for Figure, here's to hoping I get in 😂💪

[@rabih1978]

Pre ipo or to buy a robot when they come out?

[@lauracarmody4459]

What position did you apply for? Did you hear back from them yet? @michaelmcwhirter

[@15Stratos]

Honestly you should've applied to Tesla first and if you couldn't get in then apply to figure.But other than that hopefully you still get in figure!

[@michaelmcwhirter]

@@15Stratos I used to work at Tesla :D I find Figure slightly more interesting currently due to the fact that it is directly linked with OpenAI, however Elon did just raise a couple billion dollars for his humanoid robot Optimus so we'll see how things go lol Thanks for the support though! :D I cover AI stuff on my channel like these robots if you're interested. You seem knowledgeable in this area and having you as a subscriber would seriously be great 🔥

[@omniopen]

I think that in the long run robotics will be able to do most tasks and help grow the economy, but there are still significant issues that need to be overcome. Similar to how self driving isn't ready yet, I am doubtful that there has been the advancement with respect to the intelligence systems needed to really make these things worth their high cost to operate and maintain. It's my guess that Figure is applying a Tesla-like approach, the one that they've used for self driving and applying it to robotics. They collect a massive amount of data and fit expensive models to try and replicate behavior that is in principle very basic, but there seems to be limits to how good these systems can get. The hardware looks great but I think $750 million dollars is just too much to pump in without any output, the demo video was reassuring but I've personally built a robot arm that could work like this if I put a ChatGPT command interface on top of it. Just saying, also I don't trust business majors to run tech companies, but maybe I'm biased.

[@MeNoOther]

Wonder when we will find out his "father gave him a million dollars from some mine" moment? The same old "built company in a garage" lies these billionaires say as a beginning are not real

[@chocolatemicrochips]

A bit lack of nuance in their argument concerning job turnover as a need for robot workers. Amazon is known to rely on the increase worker turnover in order to keep wages low...reported that they even incentivize workers to leave the stockroom jobs to hire new employees at lower rates.

[@Richievaillant]

Global population decline is or at least will be the biggest reason for a workforce decline, when a large section of populations are 50+

[@Orionbae]

Detroit Become Human is starting to look a little too real now 👀

[@azhuransmx126]

2027 the boom year for humanoid robots.

[@Eudemoni_]

I miss a time not that far ago when Daft Punk were the only humanoid robots in da place...

[@Sillingrex]

Altas will always be ahead, when it come to movement.

[@kevinreeves3161]

You keep it the good work nice

[@hansjmo]

Cool robot. I feel abit like the reporter dont know what they are talking about when they show a cnc mill and says 3D printer 😅

[@sayhi247]

I dont trust this dude man keep eyes open

[@strallent]

If Figure AI goes public...it will be an excellent long-term investment. Either Amazon or Microsoft will eventually acquire this company.

[@billy3603]

It was REFRESHING to see the people who are profiting from this business tell me that I have nothing to worry about when it comes to my job. Even then.. they said not yet lol. Also they didn’t really do this guys back round justice. “ He grew up on a farm and went to college, now he walks on water..” Like what? How did he do these things???

[@marwluka]

It will (and not only robots , but AI in general) destroy multiple branches of industries. In some of them employment will be much lower. But this is what is happening all the time. Did industrial revolution made us all unemployed? No , you will just adjust to new realities , maybe find something different.

[@joemclaughlin5661]

After more than a hundred years of people dreaming of robots doing jobs alongside people that dream is now closer than ever! I don't know if the humanoid robot in every home idea will work well with a 6 foot 2 hundred pound giant in a small home or apartment, but labor robots in factories and warehouses will be awesome to see.

[@CrispyDaFrog]

this video sounds like the kind of thing that would play on the radio in a dystopian post-apocalyptic world

[@APACHE888able]

Thank you for sharing much appreciated.. Many Robots or Android already wait for their releases period.. The creation tech comes to improve mankind quality of life which once all take place the Freedom to care more about Joy.. with all what about link with come across.Nowadays in some many countries all is quite a same difficult to go along with their own jobs no time into their own lives to explore better simple things…there’s no doubts about Robots and Androids will be at many homes…is about choice of observe on a Opportunity or in another level… Create in Beauty and Gratitude…

[@ilya6333]

I just asked my gpt 4 the same questions and it gave me the same answers. Nice

[@sidsays1198]

the voice is gpt4, the companies have an official partnership

[@CK-wo1ly]

It's going to be "pretty magical" for those making & selling the robots. Not so much for those being told to "accept your lower wage and be grateful because a robot could do it for much less, faster, and longer". Bear in mind at some point robots will build factories that manufacture more robots. And then we will see power and wealth concentrated in the hands of few humans like never before. Apart from that though, I think it's neat. 😉

[@LegBuilder]

You can thank rob Lowe for voicing the robot

[@monkey_man3931]

Exactly 😊

[@financialconnectioninc]

Why does a robot need to have a human form? Depending on the application, they would be more efficient using other types of locomotion and mechanical interfaces (mostly arms).optimized for their designed tasks.

[@joannesmith1175]

It's because people think humans are made to look like god, by all means they can design a robot to look like a star wars robot like R2D2

[@justsamurai6984]

The world we have designed and built up was designed and built up for humans. A humanoid robot is putting a square peg in a square hole

[@snailedlt]

It's easier to train humanoid robots because we have so much video and other data for humans and human-like motion

[@jmoney4695]

@@snailedlt Human movement is quite complex (compared to wheels), or even dog movement (spot by Boston dynamics). Due to being upright, humanoid robots need significantly more actuation and degrees of freedom to maintain balance, particularly during complex maneuvers. As the previous commenter said, it is because the world is designed for humans - stairs, door handles, buttons (need nimble appendages), tools (all made for human hands). Can’t open a dishwasher without fingers, or use a sink very easily if you are not human shaped (upright, similar height, hands and arms). There is also the consideration of acceptability - humans are more likely to feel comfortable with something that kind of resembles other humans (the only other intelligent entities we interact with).

[@jimj2683]

With a humanoid robot you only need one robot instead of hundreds of specialized robots. Heck, you don't even need a dishwasher or washing machine because the robot could wash by hand. Even a robot vacuum cleaner could be replaced by a humanoid robot with a $4 broom.

[@HughsReviews]

This is the guy that is giving robots AI brains. This combo will be our demise.

[@gavinfoy2170]

@4:51, why is there a Target bag and a pair of bananas on the floor?

[@mattchancey3202]

What do we need these fancy robots for? My inflatable doll is all I need.

[@AtaiKydyrov]

Imagine if they will work together with Boston Dynamics

[@joeltotti]

Boston Dynamics's new Atlas makes all other robots look like toys

[@killianadamstodghill4492]

Robot, robot, what do you see. I see a little human looking at me...

[@MRSketch09]

That was pretty impressive. But I don't believe we have a "labor shortage",... but I believe putting these bots out there will DEFINITELY cause a labor shortage.

[@dontaestarks7517]

What’s the stock I need to invest

[@aditya_on_youtube]

Don't. This guy doesn't seem legit.

[@lamsmiley1944]

It’ll be interesting to see what Boston Dynamics comes out with considering they retired Atlas today. I’m sure they’ll reveal something new soon.

[@drone-adventures1851]

They already did!

[@lamsmiley1944]

@@drone-adventures1851 Yep, but they hadn’t when I wrote the comment. I did find the reveal funny, that was the creepiest possible way for it to stand.

[@ox_police]

you cant show robot whitcable ?

[@moonstoretech]

Figure’s success is unquestionable.

[@Observer168]

Could be all staged

[@user-cs7dy6tj8z]

People just don't know but the rulers of this earth have technologies like 300 years in advanced this is old, ancient

[@personaltrainermc]

The real question is why don’t people want to do these jobs? It’s not because humans can’t or won’t, it’s because it is badly paid.

[@raf25985]

10 million jobs that no one wants/ Translation: 10 million people that will be replaced with machines that can work around the clock and make the rich richer

[@treborbert]

"jobs that humans don't want" and jobs that humans aren't being incentivized enough to do are different things.

[@kuo-yingwang2273]

It is very inspirational to see Brett has been able to think outside of the traditional boxes, and make big strides in making humanoid robtos. Please try not to kick your robots like demos been done by some other companies (BD, etc). There are plenty of ways to proof the stability of the bots.

[@full__tilt]

Tesla’s Optimus is the only bot IMO will be in every home.

[@Sou1xd]

Please tell me the guy said thank you at 3:50, it’s very important to me.

[@technician006]

Plot twist. There's a guy with a mic behind the camera. LOL.

[@AdamBechtol]

:D haha (chances are..)

[@teenytinytoons]

After the 1000 Indians watching a video for the Amazon Store thing it’s very possible it’s all fake.

[@kuhaniresti]

why safety seems not being discussed here?

[@jg2078]

Didn’t they watched Terminator?

[@Srindal4657]

There should be a law that if a private or public service has an opportunity to hire a human, they should take it. It doesnt eliminate the potential for robots, just uses them when its absolutely necessary. Robots should be supplemental, not a priority.

[@JamesRockefeller45]

The end talking about the issues with power and teathers isn't a big deal with alot of jobs robots will be doing especially if they have a smaller battery for moving between stations that have power or data tethers. Imagine each station has its own brain and power supply the robot just plugs in and becomes the body. It only needs to be smart enough onboard to move between more specialized tasks. This can have huge savings with efficiency and raw material savings

[@ricepony33]

Wireless charging and data connection through mats placed at each work station and a smaller on board battery.

[@Jontheinternet]

We were also promised we would work less when we got the PC. Instead we became multitudes more productive and our wages have not increased. They won't go and replace us and then pay us to do so.

[@swancapitalfp]

Please! Just create one robot that can fold and put the laundry away without killing anybody!

[@JShaker]

if that plate was made in anything but plastic it would have made a loud bang and possibly chipped it

[@camilkegels3640]

good competitor for Optimus

[@Patrick7dlc]

3 weeks ago I was impressed, now Boston Dynamics 001 has stolen the show.

[@DihelsonMendonca]

It's always 10 years from now. 😮

[@robertcornelius3514]

An employee who is a spy will be this company's downfall.

[@user-vy4rr1nw1g]

We need more farmers than engineers. Trust me on that one.

[@instantparty8493]

"with cups and a plate" he meant with plates and a cup.

[@Thiloyeah]

Sorry but I don't get what "Adcock" is doing in particular. How is his business called again? What makes this company so distinct to invest into, what's the difference to other AI manufactures like Boston dynamics etc.? What exactly made him a billionäre except the fundraise by big tech companies? It feels like you just need to hire some technicans and (ab)using open AI somehow to lure everyone.

[@Jasona1976]

Impressive

[@felixrondon8487]

A guy with a Business degree leading the way in the Robotics field… VAPORWARE.

[@thailux6494]

It's almost as if hiring people isn't a key thing in any company...? He doesn't have to know engineering. He's got to have the cash (which he does) to hire smart people to work on these things.

[@Observer168]

Everything the robot said was scripted and prerecorded. The video was shot hundreds of times until they got something impressive.

[@TalesOfTrillions]

How do we ensure these AI-powered beings don't replace human jobs entirely?

[@jacksonvaldez5911]

We want them to replace jobs

[@TalesOfTrillions]

@@jacksonvaldez5911 but how will people sustain themselves then?

[@Womblewobble1321]

Give me your clothes, boots and ledger.

[@TeddyLeppard]

Impressive compared to some others in development, but compared to Tesla's robot, it's seriously lagging.

[@stevenbeeler1005]

30-50 years? We already have robots woprking in warehouses etc. I think the impact will already happen in the next 5 years

[@kukiiiiiii]

Imagine working for weeks on this video just to notice that two days after releasing it Boston dynamic reveals the new atlas hahaa

[@user-to5sy1sd2j]

The robot walks like Tim Conway

[@royalblufx]

We’re all doomed 😳

[@kavinho]

They need a Groq chip to reduce latency.

[@teslabarfm3008]

did not sold a single robot and is already a Thousand millionaire. OKAY

[@albertgracilla4421]

This wont age well

[@pennryan970]

haha this person at 1:34 is rolling their eyes at their colleague

[@wez123123123]

So half the of people live in tents and are starving to death but we are all excited for a new dishwasher