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What Will Happen First: AI Discovers A Cure For Baldness, or Humanoid Robots Autonomously Performing Complex Haircuts?

We already know that software is easy (hence, all the rapid explosive progress in generating text/math/code/images/video). Unfortunately, the digital space is the area that has the least immediate benefits to the lives of the average person. Biology and Hardware are different beasts entirely. They're much more difficult, but solving them would be immensely more beneficial to the human experience. By what year do you guys think general-purpose humanoid robots will be capable of autonomously performing professional-quality haircuts: fades, tapers, and complex hairstyles, with the precision, safety, consistency, and speed of an experienced human barber, without any human assistance? And will you trust a robot with a straight razor next to your neck/head?

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