physical work
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"The intensity of physical work is quite difficult. He has a different engine. He has given 100%. He left the pitch with nothing left to give."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Today’s AI large language models might excel at pushing a pencil around, but proponents say doing real physical work requires large action models, aka world models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Mind Robotics is building AI-powered robots that can perform physical work in Rivian automotive plants and other factories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
“I’m eating about 4,000 calories a day, but the amount of physical work I’m doing, you end up hungry at the end of the day, which is quite surprising,” he told the magazine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
Fish, nuts, and vegetables are good and necessary, but they don’t provide enough fuel for the hard physical work we do.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
