Sergey Levine (@svlevine) is one of the world's top robotics researchers and co-founder of Physical Intelligence. We talked about where humanoid robotics is today, thoughts on the Chinese robotics ecosystem, and his predictions for future timelines. In this episode: • Current state of robotics and surprising capabilities so far • Chinese robotics compared to US ecosystem • If OpenAI and Anthropic got into robotics • His top robotics research paper recommendation • Predictions for when humanoid robotics will land Where to watch: • YouTube - • Spotify - • Apple Podcasts - • Transcript - Thank you to the sponsor of this episode for supporting my work: • WorkOS: makes your app Enterprise Ready with easy to use APIs to add SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more in just a few lines of code, check them out at Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:37 Where are we today 04:20 Most surprising capabilities so far 07:03 The most inspiring real world robotics 08:36 If OpenAI or Anthropic got into robotics 10:22 Chinese robotics 13:15 Will one lab breakout from the rest 16:59 Thoughts on a concrete roadmap 21:03 Generalization and demonstrating it 26:04 Types of data and which is best for robotics 34:34 Why humanoid robotics differs from Waymo 37:10 If humanoid robotics failed here is why 39:55 Are there hot take modeling architectures in robotics 42:05 Thoughts on AI safety in robotics 46:44 Top robotics research paper recommendation 49:35 Why is Boston Dynamics less top of mind 53:47 Advice for his younger self 56:42 Outro