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What to Know: Testing LLMs’ ability to control a robot

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote in this newsletter about my visit to Figure AI, a California startup that has developed a humanoid robot. Billions of dollars are currently pouring into the robotics industry, based on the belief that rapid AI progress will mean the creation of robots with “brains” that can finally deal with the messy complexities of the real world.

Today, I want to tell you about an experiment that calls that theory into question.

Humanoid robots are showing eye-catching progress, like the ability to load laundry or fold cloth

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