Thomas Wolf outlines Hugging Face's push into robotics through LeRobot, an open ecosystem combining affordable hardware, shared datasets, and developer tools. By lowering entry barriers, the project aims to transform software engineers into roboticists, much like app developers transformed smartphones. A key challenge is data scarcity—unlike text, diverse robotic behavior data is limited—so incentivizing community contributions is critical. Open-source video generation helps simulate training environments, while humanoid robots remain promising but expensive. Wolf emphasizes open science as essential for innovation, transparency, and global participation. He envisions a future where AI empowers creation over consumption, driven by curiosity and open access rather than proprietary control. The discussion also highlights shifting dynamics in the AI world, with China advancing open models and Western companies reevaluating openness, all underscoring the importance of collaborative progress.