physical work
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Today’s AI large language models might excel at pushing a pencil around, but proponents say doing real physical work requires large action models, aka world models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Jen is incredible in the gym," adds Team GB women's skip Rebecca Morrison, who takes a slightly different view of the physical work.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
On Wednesday, the full power of healthcare’s role burst into full view, and marked a clear shift in a labor market now geared toward the hard, often physical, work of caring for America’s aging population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
“I’m eating about 4,000 calories a day, but the amount of physical work I’m doing, you end up hungry at the end of the day, which is quite surprising,” he told the magazine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
I was glad of the hard physical work that drove some of the damp from my bones and for the occasional bite of raw potato when guards were not watching.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
