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    Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains

    

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    The commercial boom in AI has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build human-like robots.

    By MATT O’BRIEN
    AP Technology Writer

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    A man records a humanoid robot at the Humanoids Summit on Thursday.

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui.

     
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