# Physical Intelligence **Entity class:** Person **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Definition **Physical Intelligence** is a person. [[wiki/Disney Accelerator 2026|Disney Accelerator 2026]] is associated with **Physical Intelligence**. Physical Intelligence is identified with the technology domain [[wiki/general-purpose robot foundation models|general-purpose robot foundation models]]. Physical Intelligence is identified with the technology domain [[wiki/physical-world AI|physical-world AI]]. The entry centers on this person's documented work, affiliations, and institutional roles, separating those facts from the activities of collaborators and organizations around them. ## Relationships <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], and [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]], [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]], and [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Key Relationships - [[wiki/Disney Accelerator 2026|Disney Accelerator 2026]] is associated with **Physical Intelligence**. ### Technology and research relationships - **Physical Intelligence** is identified with the technology domain [[wiki/general-purpose robot foundation models|general-purpose robot foundation models]]. - **Physical Intelligence** is identified with the technology domain [[wiki/physical-world AI|physical-world AI]]. ### People and institutional relationships - **Physical Intelligence** is a co-founder of [[wiki/Karol Hausman|Karol Hausman]]. - **Physical Intelligence** is a co-founder of [[wiki/Brian Ichter|Brian Ichter]]. - **Physical Intelligence** is a co-founder of [[wiki/Chelsea Finn|Chelsea Finn]]. - **Physical Intelligence** is a co-founder of [[wiki/Lachlan Groom|Lachlan Groom]]. - **Physical Intelligence** is a co-founder of [[wiki/Sergey Levine|Sergey Levine]]. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Research Edges <!-- BEGIN INTERFACE SOFT SOVEREIGNTY RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### Interface and soft-sovereignty graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]] · [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 331 — `technology_domain` → [[wiki/general-purpose robot foundation models|general-purpose robot foundation models]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DISNEY_ACCEL_2026`. - **Edge 332 — `technology_domain` → [[wiki/physical-world AI|physical-world AI]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DISNEY_ACCEL_2026`. - **Edge 357 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Karol Hausman|Karol Hausman]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. - **Edge 358 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Brian Ichter|Brian Ichter]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. - **Edge 359 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Chelsea Finn|Chelsea Finn]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. - **Edge 360 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Lachlan Groom|Lachlan Groom]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. - **Edge 361 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Sergey Levine|Sergey Levine]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 323 — [[wiki/Disney Accelerator 2026|Disney Accelerator 2026]] `cohort_company` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DISNEY_ACCEL_2026`. <!-- END INTERFACE SOFT SOVEREIGNTY RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> <!-- BEGIN CONSCIOUSNESS MAPPING TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 450 — `technology_domain` → [[wiki/general-purpose robot foundation models|general-purpose robot foundation models]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `DISNEY_ACCEL_2026`. - **Edge 451 — `technology_domain` → [[wiki/physical-world AI|physical-world AI]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `DISNEY_ACCEL_2026`. - **Edge 458 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Karol Hausman|Karol Hausman]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. - **Edge 459 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Brian Ichter|Brian Ichter]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. - **Edge 460 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Chelsea Finn|Chelsea Finn]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. - **Edge 461 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Lachlan Groom|Lachlan Groom]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. - **Edge 462 — `co_founder` → [[wiki/Sergey Levine|Sergey Levine]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `PI_INDEX`. #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 445 — [[wiki/Disney Accelerator 2026|Disney Accelerator 2026]] `cohort_company` → this entry** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `DISNEY_ACCEL_2026`. <!-- END CONSCIOUSNESS MAPPING TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "One possibility, of course, is that some malign super-intelligence already exists on earth, but is shrewd enough to disguise its existence, its intentions or its intelligence." > **— Rory Sutherland**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/A Superintelligence Could Hide in Plain Sight by Rory Sutherland|A Superintelligence Could Hide in Plain Sight by Rory Sutherland]] > "Perhaps our descendants will learn the skill of understanding machines in childhood as easily as we learned to read." > **— Christopher Chabris**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Children May Learn to Understand Machines by Christopher Chabris|Children May Learn to Understand Machines by Christopher Chabris]] > "Computation is still the best, indeed the only, scientific explanation we have of how a physical object like a brain can act intelligently." > **— Alison Gopnik**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Information/Computation Is Our Best Explanation of Intelligent Brains by Alison Gopnik|Computation Is Our Best Explanation of Intelligent Brains by Alison Gopnik]] > "The future would be one of ever richer intermingling of human and machine capabilities." > **— Christopher J. Anderson**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Human and Machine Capabilities Will Intermingle by Christopher J. Anderson|Human and Machine Capabilities Will Intermingle by Christopher J. Anderson]] > "My concern is actually the opposite: that as artificial intelligence advances, it will not be buggy enough." > **— Michael I. Norton**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Perfect AI May Be More Dangerous Than Buggy AI by Michael I. Norton|Perfect AI May Be More Dangerous Than Buggy AI by Michael I. Norton]]