Think you have a few decades before the machines take over? Think again. It’s a chaotic race to commercialize physical AI and NVIDIA is frantically coding an OS to keep your new robotic peers from flattening you.

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Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot

Inside NVIDIA Halos for Robotics

Figure AI

Unitree Robotics

Agility Robotics

Google DeepMind and A24 AI filmmaking partnership

A24 Films

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UpAgainstReality.com

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We rewind to our conversation from November 11, 2025 about whether the AI boom is becoming too big to fail. From OpenAI and NVIDIA to Wall Street speculation and the circular economy forming around AI, we revisit whether this is the next great technological revolution, the next great bubble, or somehow both.

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Apple TV Intro made with practical effects

Xania Monet (AI-generated music artist)

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Episode link:
https://upagainstreality.com/2026/06/23/episode-rewind-ai-bubble-too-big-to-fail/

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The tech elites swore AI was too dangerous for capitalism, right up until Wall Street waved a three-trillion-dollar check. Today we unpack the ultimate corporate sellout alongside killer drones, Claude Fable 5, and lawyers getting wrecked by ChatGPT.

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Visualizing one billion dollars using grains of rice | YouTube

OpenAI’s official explanation of its evolving nonprofit/for-profit structure

Anthropic’s Responsible Scaling Policy v3.0

Google Cloud’s official TPU page

AP coverage of New York’s synthetic performer disclosure law for AI-generated ads

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast Website:
UpAgainstReality.com

Episode link:
https://upagainstreality.com/2026/06/16/ai-ipos/

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