ClaimsBalaji Srinivasan

“Eventually, those two technologies plus a VR bodysuit are going to be combined, such that you can, maybe in 10 years, script a robot from around the world.”

Balaji Srinivasan, CEO of Earn.com, interviewee 2 April 2018 Balaji Srinivasan on the Power and Promise of the Blockchain (Ep. 39) (Conversations with Tyler) archived copy

Prediction Technology

Eventually, humanoid robots combined with a VR bodysuit will let people script and control a robot from around the world, maybe in 10 years, seeing through the robot's eyes and moving its arms through the bodysuit.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

deadline 2028 is after 2026-11-04

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Balaji Srinivasan, “Eventually, humanoid robots combined with a VR bodysuit will let people script and control a robot from around the world, maybe in 10 years, seeing through the robot's eyes and moving its arms through the bodysuit.” (said 2 April 2018). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_8e8d9eefc8a2, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_8e8d9eefc8a2

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