What podcasts say about Bernt Børnich
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What Bernt Børnich has said on podcasts
12 statements · 10 positive · 2 negative
1X will ship Neo robots to customers in 2026.
“we will ship in 2026.”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 15:29
A small number of customers will receive Neo robots in 2026.
“there will be a handful of customers that get their NIO in 2026”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 15:37
Opening Neo as a platform will increase the number of applications developed for it.
“this will mean there will be more things developed on Nio”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 17:09
1X expects to ship a Neo experience close to full autonomy.
“we will actually be able to ship something that's very close to full autonomy”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 18:21
Bernt Børnich believes 1X will develop the best robotics model.
“I sincerely believe that our model will be the best one.”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 21:23
Teleoperation will remain useful even as robot autonomy improves.
“that will still be There.”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 23:24
Human-like robots can be trained using existing human video data.
“if you get the robot to be similar enough to a human, then you can train on all the available video data out there of humans.”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 25:09
True robotic intelligence requires far more data than current collection efforts provide.
“you need multiple orders of magnitude more data than anyone is even close to collecting over the next few years”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 27:25
Robotics will reach hard takeoff within a decade.
“I am extremely sure that we're less than a decade away from hard takeoff.”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 31:07
Bernt Børnich’s current estimate for robotics hard takeoff is three years.
“My current bet would be 3 years.”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 31:25
Digital intelligence alone cannot create its own physical substrate.
“the digital intelligence can never create its own substrate. You need the physical part.”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 31:56
Physical AI will enable these advances within coming years rather than decades.
“all of these things will happen in the coming years as AI becomes physical”
Open the episode · The $1/Hour Worker: Four Robotics CEOs on Humanoids at Home, China's Threat, and the End of Dangerous JobsListen at 32:23
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