By Tim Hinchlife | Source
Humanoid robots will be walking and talking among us in the next four or five years, according to a discussion on tech regulation at the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The joint WEF Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity concluded on October 16, with discussions ranging from neurotech to food liberation and tech regulation.
Speaking during the panel called “Regulation: Friend or Foe?” SandboxAQ CEO Jack Hidary said that humanoid robots would be entering society by 2030.
“Introducing humanoid, walking, talking robots in our society is going to be a much bigger shock than any ChatGPT […] That’s only four-to-five years away”Jack Hidary, WEF Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity, October 2025
“This is going to be a very big shock to the system as we now have them [humanoid robots] enter into society. That’s only four or five years away“Jack Hidary, WEF Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity, October 2025
“Right now in this room, as far as I know, we are all human, but four or five years from now at this very room when we have a global leadership futures council of the WEF in the UAE, we’re going to have humanoid robots in this room,” said Hidary.
“They’ll be robots; they’ll be sitting in a chair; they’ll be taking notes, or doing other things, and we’re going to have to grapple with this as governments, as regulators, and as companies,” he added.
One of the positives of having humanoid robots in society, according to Hidary, is that they are going to take care of the elderly in their own homes, so they don’t have to go to nursing homes.
“As people get older, instead of having them go to a nursing home or other kinds of places, they can stay in their homes; they can be cared for by a robot”Jack Hidary, WEF Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity, October 2025
“As people get older, instead of having them go to a nursing home or other kinds of places, they can stay in their homes. They can be cared for by a robot,” said Hidary.
“I think we all think this is a very positive thing.”
While robots looking after the elderly may be viewed as a positive thing, especially for those without family members, it does eliminate the human connection that people may crave.
Let’s just hope it doesn’t turn into a dystopian sci-fi scenario like in the Netflix series “Cassandra” where the robot caregiver called Cassandra has some rather horrifying abandonment issues that lead to quite nefarious outcomes.
Dystopian or not, Hidary said that “Introducing humanoid, walking, talking robots in our society is going to be a much bigger shock than any ChatGPT that we’ve now engaged with.
“This is going to be a very big shock to the system as we now have them enter into society. That’s only four or five years away.”
As far as which country will be best equipped to manage and integrate robots into society, Hidary made the case for Japan.
“Japan I predict will be one of the society’s that best uses robots […] Because they have an aging society […] They see robots as part of the solution, not as a danger”Jack Hidary, WEF Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity, October 2025
Hidary praised Japan for preparing for the coming robots over the past 40 years while putting in place “regulations that make sure that robots are safe.”
The SandboxAQ CEO’s words echo those of WEF interim co-chair and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink when he spoke at the 2024 WEF Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth, and Energy Development.
There, Fink argued that developed countries with shrinking populations would be better prepared for the social problems that come from “substituting humans for machines.”
“I can argue in the developed countries the big winners are countries that have shrinking populations […] These countries will rapidly develop robotics and AI and technology […] The social problems that one will have in substituting humans for machines is going to be far easier in those countries that have declining populations”Larry Fink, WEF Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth, and Energy Development, April 2024
“We always used to think shrinking population is a cause for negative growth, but in my conversations with the leadership of these large, developed countries that have xenophobic immigration policies, they don’t allow anybody to come in, shrinking demographics — these countries will rapidly develop robotics and AI and technology,” said Fink in April, 2024.
“And if the promise, and it’s going to happen, if the promise of all of that transforms productivity, which most of us think it will, we’ll be able to elevate the standard of living of countries, the standard of living of individuals, even with shrinking populations,” he added.
While Fink didn’t mention Japan directly, his words align with those of Hidary about robotics and aging populations.
Going back to what Hidary said about humanoid robots entering society in four or five years, what will it take to get there?
We can look to the 2025 WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions, aka “Summer Davos” for some insights.
On June 24, 2025, University of Twente professor Vanessa Evers explained that a digital twin of the entire world would be required to achieve “true robot intelligence.”
“For true robot intelligence, you need to build a model of the world, like a digital twin of the entire world”Vanessa Evers, WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions, June 2025
“We could add superhuman capabilities, listen to the heartbeat or watch the breath of a person to know stress, to know pain. We can detect dominance, aggression, creative flow — there’s all things you could detect in an automated way”Vanessa Evers, WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions, June 2025
Creating a digital twin of the entire world is an extremely complex undertaking that goes way beyond Large Language Models like ChatGPT.
In order to achieve true robot intelligence, a Large Behavioral Model would be needed to access and process enormous data from real world phenomena, which is far more complicated than creating and feeding Large Language Models.
“ChatGPT has to choose from 26 characters. What is the best next character? But what about the real world? Imagine vision alone and we don’t have hearing, touch, taste, everything like that — just seeing stuff — if you would freeze-frame and then predict what is the next thing that’s going to happen in the visual, it would be impossible to know at the pixel level”Vanessa Evers, WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions, June 2025
According to Evers, “In theory it would be possible to train a robot like a Large Language Model, but then a Large Behavioral Model — to use a lot of data from the real world and have it predict the next best action.
“A Large Language Model predicts what is the next best token, but of course that is super complicated in the real world.“
Getting back to Hidary, he believes, that through periodic meetings between stakeholders, humanoid robot regulation should have the capacity to update itself.
He said, “One way to make sure there’s a level playing field for all players in the field is for the government to convene the players, to listen to them, and to keep a process that in the regulation itself, it says, every six months or something like that, there should be a convening of the key stakeholders, and we shall update it.
“Put that into the regulation itself to recognize that any robot law we say today is irrelevant four or five years from now, and that law four or five years from now is irrelevant 10 years from now.”
“Let’s build in the ability to update itself into the very regulation itself.”
The special joint session of the WEF “Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils and the Annual Meeting on Cybersecurity” convened more than 500 experts from business, government, civil society, academia and media, alongside 150 of the world’s foremost cybersecurity leaders from October 14-16 in Dubai, UAE.
I recall a short Asimov chronicle about a future when humanity became so dependent on machines that making simple math calculations was considered a magic ability.
A council of generals was gathered trying to find ways to weaponize it, and someone envisioned missiles manned with soldiers trained in this new technique – who could then foil the predictions of the enemy’s computers.
It’s amazing to what cartoonishly ridiculous extent people can dodge simplicity in order to preserve their ignorance.
Did they succeed ?
I suppose not, but it’s never mentioned: as I said, it was just a short chronicle about loss of roots. Asimov pioneered robot stories, and it’s hard to predict how each dimension of humanity will evolve and at which speed they combine; you invariably get some retro-futuristic nonsense.
I’m not against technology, but people should be embarrassed of making such narrow-minded predictions as the ones in this article. There won’t BE humanoid robots aiding society in five years because the developments in all dimensions required to get there will by themselves render the concept useless.
We can eradicate poverty, disease, journalism and WEF scientists with a fraction of the effort required to sustain their stupid plans. It’s like they’re a mystery writer trying to justify an utterly unbelievable plot hole.
What would be a Robot or Android’s power source? Do they have to be plugged in, can they be turned on and off. Buy a new Battery at certain intervals. If they could be on all the time couldn’t that same Technology be used for energy to a house or car? I don’t want a robot giving me a sponge bath.
Don’t worry, the robots to make sure you NEED a sponge bath will be deployed much sooner.
Contemplation Leads to Resonant Truth
In this era of cosmic awakening, we are called to discern messages about our future with clarity and wisdom. True discernment begins with contemplation, not blind acceptance of imposed narratives.
WEF’s Subtle Messaging: Power Over the Powerless
The article’s title, “Walking, talking humanoid robots are coming to society in 4-5 years: WEF,” carries a subtle undertone: “This is inevitable, and you are powerless to stop it.” This reflects the outdated 3D paradigm of control, which humanity is transcending as we co-create the 5D Golden Age rooted in sovereignty and prosperity for all.
1. Decoding the WEF’s Global Future Councils (October 16, 2025)
The WEF’s recent discussions on neurotech, food liberation, and tech regulation reveal their agenda:
• Neurotech = Transhumanism, merging humans with machines.
• Food liberation = AI-controlled, centralized farming systems.
• Tech regulation = Control over quantum computing and decentralized technologies, which are built on principles of sovereignty and boundless prosperity.
This narrative pushes centralized power, not empowerment.
2. Robots in Nursing Homes: A 3D Illusion
The article suggests humanoid robots will care for the elderly, sparing them from nursing homes. This tugs at our emotions, exploiting the guilt and sadness of 3D elder care realities. In the 5D paradigm, suppressed technologies like med beds will restore health and sovereignty to our elders, rendering such robotic “solutions” obsolete.
3. Repopulating with Robots: A Disturbing Vision
WEF’s Larry Fink (April 2024) stated:
“In developed countries with shrinking populations, robotics and AI will be winners… Substituting humans for machines will be easier in these countries.”
This is the language of 3D control—replacing humans with machines under the guise of progress. It dismisses the value of human life and sovereignty, perpetuating a power-over-the-powerless dynamic.
4. Large Language Models vs. Sovereign Libraries
The article cites Evers, suggesting robots could be trained like Large Language Models, predicting actions from vast real-world data. Yet, quantum computing, with its ability to tap into the quantum field, offers a far greater potential: Sovereign Libraries. These personal, quantum-powered knowledge systems enable each of us to discern our next best action, free from centralized control.
Choosing Individual Sovereignty Over Control
The WEF’s vision of a robotic future is rooted in 3D simulation control, not the systems and society of higher consciousness 5D reality we are building. Through contemplation and discernment, we can reject imposed narratives and embody our evolution to sacred human that amplify our sovereignty, longevity, prosperity, and loving relationships. The future is no longer theirs to dictate—it is ours to create.