The AGI-pill is specialized robots
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The author argues that most physical-AI excitement centers on general-purpose robots, but cost-driven abundance will favor specialization. He lays out a three-stage path: hand-programmed specialized machines today, general-purpose robots handling variable or infrequent tasks in the near term, and AI agents designing cheap specialized machines that general robots build, producing…