@randallmbriggs: I wrote the entire first draft of the Steel Bot Manifesto on my 1909 Underwood No. 5 typewriter. I have found that free…
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Randall Briggs announces the draft of the Steel Bot Manifesto, written on a 1909 typewriter and edited with AI, advocating for an open American humanoid robot following the FCC ban on Chinese humanoids.
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I wrote the entire first draft of the Steel Bot Manifesto on my 1909 Underwood No. 5 typewriter. I have found that free-writing without editing works best for me for the first draft. I do use AI to catch typos and for style/arrangement recommendations after the fact. I even thought about leaving a GoPro recording me writing without digital assistance since I believe important documents, especially philosophical ones like this, should come directly from the heart and mind of the writer.
Randall Briggs (@randallmbriggs): The FCC just banned new Chinese humanoids. Steel Bot has been working on a better, open American humanoid for months and now it’s time to get these robots to American researchers, hobbyists, and entrepreneurs as fast as possible.
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