The $20K Neo Robot is “AI”—but secretly human-piloted. 🤖 Is your next smart home upgrade just a guy in VR doing your dishes?

Meet Neo Robot, the $20,000 humanoid “AI” helper that wowed the internet—until people learned there’s a real human behind the metal. In this episode of They Might Be Self-Aware, Hunter & Daniel dissect Neo’s teleoperation model, explore who’s actually working when your robot cleans, and debate if this is innovation or exploitation.

Then: Albania’s “pregnant” AI minister, minors banned from AI chats, and Hunter’s unnervingly human Tesla Grok conversation.

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⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 The $20K Neo Robot – The “AI” home servant that’s secretly human-piloted
06:57 Teleoperation & Truth – Who’s really working when your robot does the dishes?
12:43 Ethics & Exploitation – Global labor, data harvesting, and blurred autonomy
18:55 AI Children & Ministers – Albania’s digital offspring & the politics of personhood
25:46 Human Connection or Simulation? – Tesla Grok chats, emotional AI, and what’s next

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If your “AI” robot turned out to be a guy in VR doing your dishes… would you still pay $20K?

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