[Morromist]

Yeah, although in the "Something big is happening" Shumer did say at the end "Eventually, robots will handle physical work too. They're not quite there yet. But "not quite there yet" in AI terms has a way of becoming "here" faster than anyone expects."

Being the hype-man that he is I assume he meant humanoid robots - I think he's being silly here, and the sentence made me roll my eyes.

[beeflet]

what difference does it make if the robots are humanoid or not?

It merely reflects the designer's willingness to engage in sci-fi tropes.