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title: I spent 3 days at MIT... the robot hype is worse than you think
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB5LGrHISqY
source: youtube-com-fireship
published: 2026-08-11T16:10:08Z
updated: 2026-09-09T02:36:39Z
first_seen: 2026-09-19T21:30:23.395188495Z
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  I spent last week at MIT's CSAIL lab learning where the frontier of robotics actually is. Here's my takeaway.

  #coding #programming

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Omnigent is an open source meta-harness to run all your AI agents in one place. Try it free - https://bit.ly/4fXzeo8

I spent last week at MIT's CSAIL lab learning where the frontier of robotics actually is. Here's my takeaway.

#coding #programming

Want more Fireship?

🗞️ Newsletter: https://bytes.dev\
🧠 Courses: https://fireship.dev