# Baidu's Robin says embodied AI is at autonomous driving's 2016 stage

> Original title: The most valuable AI products come from mastering and optimizing all four layers of the AI stack. Our capabilities across those layers co...

- Source: Baidu Inc.
- Published: 2026-11-12T09:44:46.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/yj4l59p8g728jbev85f50pjv7
- Original: https://x.com/Baidu_Inc/status/2120815056489427108

## Summary

Baidu's Robin says today's embodied AI is roughly where autonomous driving was around 2016. At Baidu World 2026, he said autonomous driving will be an essential part of the AI race and that Baidu is bullish on Apollo Go.

## Post

The most valuable AI products come from mastering and optimizing all four layers of the AI stack. Our capabilities across those layers come together most clearly in autonomous driving.

Robin sees today's embodied AI as roughly where autonomous driving was around 2016.

"We believe autonomous driving will be an essential part of the AI race, and we're bullish about the road ahead for Apollo Go," he said at Baidu World 2026.

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