Everyone's stuck on "will robots take my job." That's the wrong question

11 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube monologue, Dan Novaes argues that the public debate about whether robots will take jobs is misguided; robots are already being deployed to deliver food in U.S. cities such as Miami, Chicago, and New York, and humanoid delivery robots are operating in China. He explains that robots need massive amounts of training data—much of which is being generated overseas—to learn a wide range of service tasks, from mechanics to laundry. Novaes frames the rise of service robots as a multi‑trillion‑dollar arms race that will surpass traditional markets like automotive. He urges viewers to either join the movement now or watch from the sidelines, emphasizing that the robots aren’t waiting for the debate to end.

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Humanoid robots are now delivering food. Everyone's debating it, but I actually believe that they're debating the wrong thing. Everyone's stuck on, will robots take my job? And that's the wrong question because robots are coming for your job. The thing is, is that they need the data in order to get there, and people are starting to supply it, especially in overseas countries. This will likely happen with or without you. And right now you can go to cities like Miami, Chicago, and New York, and you can see little robots actually delivering food. They may not look like humanoids today, but in China, there are already humanoid robots delivering your Uber Eats or the equivalent of Uber Eats to your house. Millions of service of robots are already out there and they will need to be trained on various different types of skills. The local mechanic, the local builder, the person doing your laundry. These are all tasks that robots will eventually do, but they will need millions of hours of content in order to get there. This is one of the biggest arms race in history, and the robot market is a multi, multi, multi-trillion dollar market that will likely be bigger than most of the markets that we know today, like the car and automobile markets. The only real choice is, is whether if you're going to sit on the sideline and wait or take part of the movement. The robots are not waiting for the debate to finish. Follow if you want to know what's coming next.