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The Painful Truth about AI & Robotics

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 26 Feb 25

By Adam Dorr

By Adam Dorr

Cheaper, Faster, Better: How converging technologies in robotics and AI present enormous opportunities for innovation

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 25 Sep 24

By Bradd Libby

By Bradd Libby

How much should we invest in humanoid robotics?

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 4 Sep 24

By Adam Dorr

By Adam Dorr

Near-zero cost labor: The disruptive economics of humanoid robots

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 9 Jul 24

The robots are coming, and things really are different this time. This technology is genuinely something new under the sun. But not everything about the imminent disruption of labor by humanoid robotics is novel. We’ve seen versions of this movie before. We can use the Seba Technology Disruption Framework (STDF) to predict how the story will play out.

The robots are coming, and things really are different this time. This technology is genuinely something new under the sun. But not everything about the imminent disruption of labor by humanoid robotics is novel. We’ve seen versions of this movie before. We can use the Seba Technology Disruption Framework (STDF) to predict how the story will play out.

This time, we are the horses: the disruption of labor by humanoid robots

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 6 May 24

In the 15 years between 1907 and 19022, horses went from providing 95% of all private vehicle-miles traveled on American roads to less than 20%. In areas like New York City, which led in the adoption of automobiles, the disruption of transportation was swift and transformative – as shown in the images below. In St. Louis, Missouri, the registered number of automobiles exceeded the registered number of horse-drawn wagons by the year 1916. But since cars travel a far greater distance per year than horse-drawn wagons for a fraction of the cost per mile, the fate of the horse as

In the 15 years between 1907 and 19022, horses went from providing 95% of all private vehicle-miles traveled on American roads to less than 20%. In areas like New York City, which led in the adoption of automobiles, the disruption of transportation was swift and transformative – as shown in the images below. In St. Louis, Missouri, the registered number

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