John Rush

People will say, is this bad? The robots are going to kill us. And I said, oh, and then they're going to raise a $500 million seed round. Maybe that's true, maybe that's not. That's kind of a joke. But the idea is that we've seen so many of these humanoid robots and AI startups. We've seen a lot of people doing cruise missiles and things that would have been controversial 10 years ago.

People will say, is this bad? The robots are going to kill us. And I said, oh, and then they're going to raise a $500 million seed round. Maybe that's true, maybe that's not. That's kind of a joke. But the idea is that we've seen so many of these humanoid robots and AI startups. We've seen a lot of people doing cruise missiles and things that would have been controversial 10 years ago.

People will say, is this bad? The robots are going to kill us. And I said, oh, and then they're going to raise a $500 million seed round. Maybe that's true, maybe that's not. That's kind of a joke. But the idea is that we've seen so many of these humanoid robots and AI startups. We've seen a lot of people doing cruise missiles and things that would have been controversial 10 years ago.

And now all the planets are aligning to create basically the Terminator company, which would be, you know, completely controversial and like a lightning rod, which could be very good for getting attention and breaking through if you're a new startup. Now there's the question about like, do we actually need this? Is this the right thing for a lot of companies?

And now all the planets are aligning to create basically the Terminator company, which would be, you know, completely controversial and like a lightning rod, which could be very good for getting attention and breaking through if you're a new startup. Now there's the question about like, do we actually need this? Is this the right thing for a lot of companies?

And now all the planets are aligning to create basically the Terminator company, which would be, you know, completely controversial and like a lightning rod, which could be very good for getting attention and breaking through if you're a new startup. Now there's the question about like, do we actually need this? Is this the right thing for a lot of companies?

use cases like no you don't want a humanoid robot you want a tank or you want a plane or something um but uh but for some maybe the teleoperation makes sense you know like we like why put a human at risk in you know like when we went in to get osama bin laden we sent in navy seals they got in a helicopter it was a very dangerous mission and if they could have been running that mission

use cases like no you don't want a humanoid robot you want a tank or you want a plane or something um but uh but for some maybe the teleoperation makes sense you know like we like why put a human at risk in you know like when we went in to get osama bin laden we sent in navy seals they got in a helicopter it was a very dangerous mission and if they could have been running that mission

use cases like no you don't want a humanoid robot you want a tank or you want a plane or something um but uh but for some maybe the teleoperation makes sense you know like we like why put a human at risk in you know like when we went in to get osama bin laden we sent in navy seals they got in a helicopter it was a very dangerous mission and if they could have been running that mission

remotely from a warehouse and just doing teleoperation, but doing everything that they did, but it's just robots. So even if they got shot, nothing would happen. Basically you die and you just immediately respawn like Call of Duty. That sounds like an improvement. It sounds dystopian and scary in many ways, but at the same time, The progress arrow of the future might just move in this direction.

remotely from a warehouse and just doing teleoperation, but doing everything that they did, but it's just robots. So even if they got shot, nothing would happen. Basically you die and you just immediately respawn like Call of Duty. That sounds like an improvement. It sounds dystopian and scary in many ways, but at the same time, The progress arrow of the future might just move in this direction.

remotely from a warehouse and just doing teleoperation, but doing everything that they did, but it's just robots. So even if they got shot, nothing would happen. Basically you die and you just immediately respawn like Call of Duty. That sounds like an improvement. It sounds dystopian and scary in many ways, but at the same time, The progress arrow of the future might just move in this direction.

And it seems like something that if you really think deeply about what will the world look like in 50 years, clearly the technology, it will be possible to build a humanoid robot that holds a gun. And so why wouldn't it happen? What are the forces that would stop that from happening?

And it seems like something that if you really think deeply about what will the world look like in 50 years, clearly the technology, it will be possible to build a humanoid robot that holds a gun. And so why wouldn't it happen? What are the forces that would stop that from happening?

And it seems like something that if you really think deeply about what will the world look like in 50 years, clearly the technology, it will be possible to build a humanoid robot that holds a gun. And so why wouldn't it happen? What are the forces that would stop that from happening?

And if you can't think of any good reasons why it wouldn't happen, then, well, maybe we're on the path to it happening, and maybe we ought to grapple with that. And interestingly, Boston Dynamics has actually somewhat explored this

And if you can't think of any good reasons why it wouldn't happen, then, well, maybe we're on the path to it happening, and maybe we ought to grapple with that. And interestingly, Boston Dynamics has actually somewhat explored this

And if you can't think of any good reasons why it wouldn't happen, then, well, maybe we're on the path to it happening, and maybe we ought to grapple with that. And interestingly, Boston Dynamics has actually somewhat explored this

uh years ago so boston dynamics is the company that does those incredible viral videos with the the spot robot it looks like a dog and then the atlas robot that can do parkour and they've been working on this for decades and the company has changed hands a few times google owned it at one point i think hyundai bought it for a while and it's moved around but it's always been a company that wasn't particularly focused on government contracting and defense contracting um but

uh years ago so boston dynamics is the company that does those incredible viral videos with the the spot robot it looks like a dog and then the atlas robot that can do parkour and they've been working on this for decades and the company has changed hands a few times google owned it at one point i think hyundai bought it for a while and it's moved around but it's always been a company that wasn't particularly focused on government contracting and defense contracting um but