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Bodies Do the Thinking: Why Physical AI Changes the Intelligence Game

A robot helping a patient stand is not solving a benchmark. It is sharing weight, sensing resistance, absorbing surprise, and deciding how much force is too much. That last phrase is where most AI language starts to get suspiciously cloudy. “Deciding” sounds like a software problem. In physical systems, it is also a stiffness problem, a damping problem, an energy problem, and occasionally a liability problem wearing hospital slippers. ...

November 13, 2025 · 19 min · Zelina