@rohanpaul_ai: "If we could snap our fingers and get a pile of data... we would solve general robotics right now." - Figure CEO Brett …
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Figure CEO Brett Adcock states that if sufficient data were available, general robotics could be solved, highlighting data as the main bottleneck.
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“If we could snap our fingers and get a pile of data… we would solve general robotics right now.”
- Figure CEO Brett Adcock.
General robotics is closer than it looks, but data is holding it back. https://t.co/YWpA20gLcD
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