Physical world tech adoption always takes longer than digital world

Physical world tech adoption always takes longer than digital world | I think that the onset of these technologies in the physical world always takes longer than the digital world.

I think that the onset of these technologies in the physical world always takes longer than the digital world.

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  "context": "I I think that the onset of these technologies in the physical world always takes longer than the digital world.",
  "verbatim": "I think that the onset of these technologies in the physical world always takes longer than the digital world.",
  "conv_cues": "always takes longer",
  "direction": "HAPPEN",
  "timeframe": "Ongoing",
  "conv_level": "HIGH",
  "milestones": [
    {
      "kind": "llm_pre_event",
      "label": "Robotaxi commercial revenue per AV-mile lags ridehail by 5x+ in 2026",
      "source": "Waymo investor disclosures, Pony.ai 10-Q, Uber economics disclosures",
      "status": "pending",
      "weight": 0.4,
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      "source_id": null,
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "expected_date": "2026-12-31",
      "research_origin": "training",
      "measurement_criterion": "Waymo + Pony.ai + Apollo Go combined revenue/mile <20% of human-driven Uber/Lyft baseline through 2026 — confirms physical-tech adoption lag"
    },
    {
      "kind": "llm_pre_event",
      "label": "Humanoid robot commercial deployments <10K units cumulative through 2027",
      "notes": "Tests vs digital-AI users (LLMs at 100s of millions). Physical-tech ratio is dramatic.",
      "source": "Humanoids Daily, BCG humanoid tracker, company filings",
      "status": "pending",
      "weight": 0.4,
      "ordinal": -2,
      "source_id": null,
      "confidence": 0.55,
      "expected_date": "2027-12-31",
      "research_origin": "training",
      "measurement_criterion": "Cumulative commercial humanoid deployments (Figure, Tesla Optimus, Agility, Apptronik, Unitree, 1X) <10,000 units through 2027"
    },
    {
      "kind": "llm_post_event",
      "label": "Construction productivity index continues 0-1% YoY (vs digital-AI productivity gains)",
      "notes": "Empirical signature of physical-vs-digital adoption-rate gap.",
      "source": "BLS, McKinsey Global Institute productivity reports",
      "status": "pending",
      "weight": 0.4,
      "ordinal": -1,
      "source_id": null,
      "confidence": 0.85,
      "expected_date": "2027-12-31",
      "research_origin": "training",
      "expected_date_range": {
        "to": "2028-12-31",
        "from": "2026-12-31"
      },
      "measurement_criterion": "BLS construction productivity / McKinsey labor-productivity-by-sector reports show <2% YoY in physical sectors vs >5% in info/services"
    }
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  "untimeable": true,
  "affiliation": "Uber",
  "attribution": "FIRST_PERSON",
  "episode_num": 244,
  "granularity": "VAGUE",
  "episode_date": "2026-04-02",
  "parse_method": "UNMAPPABLE",
  "domain_bucket": "Other",
  "episode_title": "Uber's Robotaxi Playbook, End of Human Driving & $10B Bet on Robots | Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber CEO)",
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  "untimeable_reason": "philosophical principle about adoption speed",
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  "flag_nia_bracketed": false,
  "track_record_grade": "B+",
  "track_record_notes": "Uber CEO; 'drivers increase not decrease' 2030 call is counterintuitive but has been accurate on Uber's trajectory 2017-2026.",
  "flag_near_term_2027": false,
  "flag_high_conviction": true,
  "milestones_phase2_at": "2026-05-02T03:20:39.372356+00:00",
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