Thermodynamics Is the New Bottleneck | Why Hardware Will Define the AI Era
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When a humanoid robot named Honor Lightning ran 100 meters in under 9.58 seconds at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, it officially sprinted faster than Usain Bolt. Seconds later, it crashed headfirst into a perimeter wall. Other robots broke apart mid-sprint or caught fire in front of the live crowd as their joint motors overheated.
This wasn't an AI failure—it was a failure of physics, copper, and thermodynamics.
In this episode of Mind Cast, host Will breaks down the research document "Macro-Drivers of Electronics and Hardware Innovation, 1900 to 2030 and…
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