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Comment by teleforce

11 hours ago

> I see hardware as being a thing for the second world and unlikely to stage a big comeback.

I cannot disagree more.

Actually the synergy of software and hardware (primarily due to the increasing popularity of electromagnetics EM spectrums sensing like Radar/LIDAR/mmWave/THz/etc compared to sound) will create unprecedented beyond human perception and intelligence embodied and enhanced by physical AI. Heck the EXG sensings including ECG/EMG/EEG/etc that are technically part of EM, are now generating hundreds of papers/patents/articles everyday in which this product/patent/paper by Meta and its subsidiary CTRL-labs is only the tip of the iceberg [1],[2].

Please check my other comments for more contexts.

[1] A generic non-invasive neuromotor interface for human-computer interaction (Nature article):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45283306

Not to mention the various manufacturing nationalisation initiatives by the USA, EU, etc. And while it's a scant hope after Covid, maybe American investment culture will calm down and software engineering ceases to be so overvalued.