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Re: What would change your mind that this is all hype?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2026 11:59 am
by forgecam45
@carol.robinson +1 to this. Worth adding:
Elder care is one of the most emotionally appealing use cases and also one of the hardest, because it demands both physical safety around fragile people and social/communication skill that's still far behind the manipulation hype.
Re: What would change your mind that this is all hype?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2026 11:59 am
by mohammed64
I don't think that's quite right, for what it's worth.
Open-source humanoid projects matter less for out-competing the well-funded players and more for keeping the barrier to entry low enough that new ideas and new people can actually get into the field. 'General purpose' in 2026 mostly means 'can be reprogrammed for a new task without new hardware,' not 'can walk into any environment and figure things out unsupervised.'