What podcasts say about Shaheen Farshchi

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What Shaheen Farshchi has said on podcasts

34 statements · 20 positive · 9 negative · 3 mixed · 2 neutral

on robotics hypePositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
The current hype around robotics is justified.
“Yes, it's absolutely justified.”
Listen at 2:00
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on Humanoid RobotNegativeAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Humanoid robots are not the main source of his robotics enthusiasm.
“I'm not particularly excited about the humanoids.”
Listen at 2:26
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on AI and cheap manufacturingPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
AI and cheap manufacturing enable complex robotic systems at low prices.
“I'm excited about the most recent wave of innovations in AI and cheap manufacturing and the ability to make things that are extremely complicated, systems that are very complicated at a very low price.”
Listen at 2:30
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on robotics applicationsPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
AI advances and cheaper robotic arms have produced new robotics applications.
“over the past, I would say, 15 years. With AI in the form of convolutional neural nets in the early 2010s and the continued slope of cost reduction with robotic arms, we've seen a whole new wave of new robotics applications.”
Listen at 3:11
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on robotics marketsPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Robotics is creating markets that previously did not exist.
“what we're seeing with robotics is that markets for robotics are being created where markets for robots previously didn't exist”
Listen at 7:49
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on nascent robotics marketsPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Some robotics companies may dominate newly created markets.
“there's companies out there that are in a position to now dominate those nascent markets.”
Listen at 8:10
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on automationNeutralAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Automation includes more than physical robots.
“Robots obviously automate, but automation is not limited to robots.”
Listen at 9:44
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on Humanoid RobotMixedAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Humanoid robots will perform some tasks but remain one of many automation solutions.
“my expectation is that there will be an opportunity. for a humanoid form factor machine that does some subset of tasks that are performed by humans today, but they will be one of many automation solutions that will take on many shapes and forms.”
Listen at 14:40
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on general-purpose robotic solutionsNegativeAug 31, 2026· Bankless
No single robotic solution will dominate every automation problem.
“I personally, as an end of one, don't see a... single solution dominating all problems”
Listen at 16:05
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on specialized robotsPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Specialized robots will generally outperform robots designed for all tasks.
“I generally take issue with the notion of we're building a robot that's going to perform all tasks because I think it'll be very difficult for a robot that performs all tasks to be better than a robot that's specialized to a certain task.”
Listen at 19:01
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on robotic engineeringPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Robotic engineering is becoming more accessible.
“the engineering that goes into making them useful becoming far more accessible.”
Listen at 21:40
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on AI robot-programming interfacesPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
AI interfaces will let users program robots through natural language.
“I see a future where someone can speak to an interface powered by AI that will then program the robot to do a specific task rather than you having to hire an engineer to do that for you.”
Listen at 21:52
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on open robotic modelsPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Open robotic models can greatly reduce the expertise, cost, and time needed for task-specific training.
“what would have required many PhDs and millions of dollars of funding and many years, now can be achieved by an undergraduate student, maybe even a high school student, downloading and installing one of these models and fine-tuning the robot to perform a specific task.”
Listen at 24:06
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on RobotsNegativeAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Robots still need greater reliability, speed, and labor competitiveness.
“we still have some work to do to make these robots more reliable and to make them faster and to make them competitive. with labor.”
Listen at 24:33
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on automation adoptionPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Economies adopting more automation tend to have lower unemployment.
“economies who benefit from more automation, who adopt more automation, tend to also benefit from less unemployment.”
Listen at 28:48
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on automationMixedAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Automation may displace jobs while disproportionately creating higher-quality, more satisfying work.
“when you automate, Yes, you may be displacing jobs, but you are disproportionately creating higher quality jobs where you have less churn, where you have greater worker satisfaction.”
Listen at 29:58
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on automationPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Successful automation will increase selection, competition, and consumer benefits.
“more selection, more competition, and ultimately a benefit to consumers.”
Listen at 32:28
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on automationPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Simple and reliable automation will benefit producers and consumers.
“if you're able to make automation simple enough to adopt and make it reliable enough, then everybody from the people that sell products to these automation customers to the people that purchase the products from them will ultimately benefit.”
Listen at 33:03
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on agricultural automationPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Agricultural automation helped shift society from food shortages toward abundance.
“agriculture is one of the first industries to be automated. And as a result of that, we went from food shortages to food being... completely abundant as a result.”
Listen at 34:26
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on domestic robotsNegativeAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Domestic companion and household robots warrant caution.
“I am a little cautious about those kinds of use cases”
Listen at 35:36
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on humanoid domestic robotsNegativeAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Humanoid domestic robots will arrive later than many expect.
“I think we'll see that come. But I feel like that is further out.”
Listen at 36:57
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on domestic robotsNegativeAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Domestic robots face challenging adoption conditions.
“I think it would be challenging to introduce a piece of technology like that into the domestic setting.”
Listen at 38:32
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on domestic robotics adoptionNegativeAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Domestic robotics adoption will take longer than many expect.
“it'll take longer than a lot of people think.”
Listen at 38:43
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on robotics adoptionNeutralAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Robotics adoption depends on application breadth, reliability, and demonstrable unit economics.
“It really comes down to the breadth of applications, the reliability, and being able to demonstrate the unit economics to customers.”
Listen at 39:26
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on robotic intelligence scalingMixedAug 31, 2026· Bankless
It remains uncertain whether scaling alone can solve robotic intelligence.
“the jury is still out as to whether you can, simply solve this problem with scale”
Listen at 46:05
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on robotic AI architecturesPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Robotic AI will likely combine language models with traditional sensing and planning.
“it's my expectation that it's going to be some kind of hybrid of the two”
Listen at 46:39
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on vision-language-action systemsNegativeAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Vision-language-action systems may be slower and less reliable than traditional approaches.
“they may not be as quick and they may not be as reliable.”
Listen at 48:35
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on language-based robotic modelsPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Language-based robotic models are more generalizable.
“they're more generalizable.”
Listen at 49:28
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on language-based robotic modelsPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Language-based robotic models can learn tasks from demonstrations.
“You can teach them to do things by simply just showing them the task the same way you would show a child a task.”
Listen at 49:30
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi
on robotics companies with specialized training dataPositiveAug 31, 2026· Bankless
Robotics companies with application-specific training data will have an advantage.
“companies that are able to access and build these training sets for these particular applications will certainly be advantaged.”
Listen at 51:27
Open the episode · Bullish on Automation and Robotics, but not Humanoid Robots | Shahin Farshchi

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