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Figure AI’s BotQ humanoid robot is an investor demo, not a product (pivot-to-ai.com)
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https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250801-botqs-humanoid-robot-is-an-investor-demo-not-a-product - podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7sr8e0GpSE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

the interesting thing is i looked and that isn't actually a big enough market to sustain itself

[–] cstross@wandering.shop 4 points 5 hours ago

@dgerard Not to worry; the promotion of incel bullshit via social media algorithms will generate increasing demand for sexbots by and by …