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Established Agents & robotics Development 11d ago
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Rural NY school humanoid robot teacher

Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher

12 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · sorelle
“Seriously, this article contains such amazing ridiculousness. What fresh hell is this: "They'll be able to say, 'Hey, I'm student number 1234,' and then the robot will be like, 'Hey, we were talking about this yesterday, do you want to continue that convers…” evidence ↗
12 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Olivia Guest Taylor Lorenz Hypervisible Luke Stark sorelle Dare Obasanjo Charles Logan Meredith Rose +4
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Building & implementation

2 experts

How teams are shipping and applying it.

“A rural New York school district has teamed up with a crypto/sex doll company to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant in the classroom this fall.”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up…”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“Seriously, this article contains such amazing ridiculousness. What fresh hell is this: "They'll be able to say, 'Hey, I'm student number 1234,' and then the robot will be like, 'Hey, we were talking about this yesterday, do you want to continue that convers…”

4 experts discussed this · 25 posts
Julie Carpenter, PhD: As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from hu…
Julie Carpenter, PhD: This fall, Salamanca City Central School District in rural Western New York is putting a humanoid robot named "Sally" in the classroom. Not a metaphor. A silicone-skinned, seated robot plus an AI a…
Julie Carpenter, PhD: Start with who's being sold this. Salamanca sits entirely within the Seneca Nation reservation. 32% of students are American Indian or Alaska Native. 79% are economically disadvantaged. This is exa…
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Established Culture, work & education Resource 10d ago
Claude AI-generated artifact published

Claude Artifact

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Phillip Carter
“So Boris Cherny's stages of AI adoption is cool-sounding at all, but the product he works on (Claude Code) hasn't gotten that much better since ~3-4 months ago IMO, so this is either something written as a retrospective or it's not resulting in significantl…” evidence ↗
2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Dare Obasanjo Phillip Carter
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“Boris Cherny’s 5 stages of AI adoption for software teams: Gated: Restricted access to AI. Assisted: 1 agent per dev(high supervision). Parallel: 10 agents per dev(AI codes, humans verify). Autonomy: 100 agents per dev(AI verifies). AI-Native: 1,000+ agents…”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“So Boris Cherny's stages of AI adoption is cool-sounding at all, but the product he works on (Claude Code) hasn't gotten that much better since ~3-4 months ago IMO, so this is either something written as a retrospective or it's not resulting in significantl…”

Primary source claude.ai ↗
Established AI business Development 13d ago
Anthropic Blackstone AI implementation bet

Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not just models | TechCrunch

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Dare Obasanjo
“I firmly believe the other picks and shovels opportunity in AI besides selling GPUs and memory chips will be the consulting work to help companies adopt AI successfully. I expect the first company to make a name for itself as the leader in model agnostic de…” evidence ↗
1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
Dare Obasanjo

“I firmly believe the other picks and shovels opportunity in AI besides selling GPUs and memory chips will be the consulting work to help companies adopt AI successfully. I expect the first company to make a name for itself as the leader in model agnostic de…”

Primary source techcrunch.com ↗
Established Models & releases Release 5d ago
Microsoft MAI models Copilot Excel launch

Hill-Climbing MAI models for GitHub Copilot and Excel | Microsoft AI

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Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Dare Obasanjo
“Microsoft separately blogged about how user feedback on their homegrown AI models in Excel vs GPT 5.6 and GitHub Copilot vs Claude Haiku 4.5 have been favorable. Beating Claude Haiku doesn’t sound that impressive though.” evidence ↗
1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
Dare Obasanjo

“Microsoft separately blogged about how user feedback on their homegrown AI models in Excel vs GPT 5.6 and GitHub Copilot vs Claude Haiku 4.5 have been favorable. Beating Claude Haiku doesn’t sound that impressive though.”

Primary source microsoft.ai ↗
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2 experts · 4 posts · 14d ago
Dare Obasanjo Mary Branscombe
Matches Opportunity & adoption
“The AI bubble looks a lot like the dotcom bubble. • It’s clear the technology will change everything. • Massive adoption is a matter of when not if. • A lot of companies are spending a lot of money…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Research & technical analysis · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1
Dare Obasanjo: The AI bubble looks a lot like the dotcom bubble. • It’s clear the technology will change everything. • Massive adoption is a matter of when not if. • A lot of companies are spending a lot of money…
Dare Obasanjo: In fact, there may be a first mover disadvantage.
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