Automation Frees Us to Pursue New Callings
Two centuries ago, 80% of us worked on a farm. Today, 2%. We didn't become obsolete- we found other callings. @Alfred_Lin brings that long view to Physical AI in Episode 2 of Deployed. The question isn't whether automation replaces tasks. It's what it frees people to become. Check out Episode 2 of Deployed now.
Zappos Beat Amazon with Kiva Robots Before Acquisition
Zappos was beating Amazon on cost per order. Amazon couldn't figure out how. Turns out @Alfred_Lin's team was running Kiva robots before Amazon even believed they'd work. Amazon later bought Kiva for $775M. Alfred went from operating automation at Zappos to funding...
Autonomous Cars Already Delivered the ChatGPT Moment.
Everyone's waiting for the "ChatGPT moment" in robotics. @Alfred_Lin thinks it already happened. It's the autonomous car. And most of the industry is looking in the wrong direction. Deployed EP2 with Alfred Lin drops tomorrow. https://t.co/H8O6RnzkG6
Amazon's Drone Initiative Launched Secretly, Surprised Bezos
Amazon's drone program started in a garage. Without permission. An engineer pitched Jeff Wilke. He didn't ask Bezos. Didn't ask the CFO. Just funded it. Months later Bezos brought up drones and learned a team was already flying. Full...
1‑Bit Model Cuts Size 14×, Matches Top LLMs
This is a very exciting result, but it’s not evidence we’re overbuilding. The hyperscalers know that software and model improvements are driving a lower cost per token. But we’re also very early in the demand curve for tokens.
Jeff Wilke Reveals Amazon’s Trillion‑dollar Scaling and Physical AI
Deployed Episode 1 is live. @jeffawilke scaled Amazon’s operations from a billion to a trillion dollars. We got into things he's rarely talked about publicly -- drones, lights-out factories, the future of Physical AI. Link below. https://t.co/BLWpc9TdvS
Launching Deployed: Inside Jeff Wilke’s 22‑Year Automation Mastery
Everyone has a Physical AI take now. Most of these folks have never deployed a robot in production. Tomorrow I'm launching Deployed. First guest: @jeffawilke, who spent 22 years building arguably the most sophisticated automation operation on earth. We talk...
Robots Must Solve New Physical Problems to Be Useful
Yes, precisely. Stochastic puppets can puppet very sophisticated things. But robots need to be able solve novel physical problems de novo in order to be generally useful in production.
Weak Robots Still Pose Harm—Missing Stop Button
Is there no stop button for these robots? I get they’re fairly weak, but they can still hurt you.
Humanoid Robots Fail Commercially, Fit only Entertainment
The simple reality that everyone is finally is waking up to is that humanoid robots actually suck for commercial applications. They’re slow, they’re weak, they’re expensive, they’re power hungry, and they’re dangerous. They’re at best entertainment robots for...
AI Drives Tech Surge; Next Frontier: Longevity and Synthetic Biology
The AI wave is transforming the tech ecosystem right now. Robotics quickly following. We’re pushing frontiers in space and energy. What’s next? Longevity, synthetic biology, and self-replicating systems.
Multimodal AI Already Driving Real-World Robots and WMS
False binary alert 🚨 It’s not pre-programmed robots vs sci-fi dexterous humanoids. Multimodal AI already powers robots in the real world. And the API-driven WMS orchestration layer is going AI-native. The transformation has already started.
Breaking Bottlenecks: Physical AI Gains Momentum
Lots of signs, including from our in-house labs, that we’re starting to break through many of the bottlenecks that have held back physical ai.
