At today's Midea Group Visionary Conference, Steve Zhou, co-founder of Agibot, delivered a keynote speech stating that artificial intelligence is advancing toward the general artificial intelligence (AGI) stage at an astonishing pace, and he predicted that "after GPT-6, humanity will witness the initial realization of general artificial intelligence."
Steve Zhou reviewed the evolution of artificial intelligence over the past decade—from the application of computer vision technology in 2015 to the emergence of the prototype of AGI in 2025, which took just ten years. He pointed out that the development of artificial intelligence is entering a critical turning point, and "embodied intelligence" is the core direction of the integration of AI and robotics technology, representing a new stage where intelligence moves from the "virtual world" to the "physical world."
He further emphasized that embodied intelligence will be the next wave of AI, marking the beginning of the "physical AI" era. Since 2022, this field has made breakthrough progress driven by large models (LLMs) and generative AI (GenAI). The capabilities of generative AI in terms of generalization, chain-of-thought reasoning, and multimodal interaction have enabled robots with general perception, cognition, and action abilities to emerge rapidly.
Industry insiders believe that Steve Zhou's judgment reflects the industry's widespread expectations for the integration of "AGI and embodied intelligence." With continuous advancements in model reasoning, sensor fusion, and control strategies, the "virtual mind" of artificial intelligence is gradually extending to physical entities in the real world, which will become one of the most revolutionary trends in the intelligent industry over the next decade.
