Lobsters (agentic AIs) will ultimately gain first-class physical embodiment as robots.

Lobsters (agentic AIs) will ultimately gain first-class physical embodiment as robots. | I I I think this is the beginning of a very long trend that ultimately culminates in lobsters gaining first class physical embodiment as as robots and integrating with the physical world.

I I I think this is the beginning of a very long trend that ultimately culminates in lobsters gaining first class physical embodiment as as robots and integrating with the physical world.

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