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Yes, these videos are fun, and yes, the engineering behind these machines is impressive. That said, this and all those other gee-whiz, look-at-the-cool-robot stories are leaving out key context and often doing real damage. A humanoid robot won a half-marathon in Beijing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, finishing faster than Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo's world record. Read more: https://cnn.it/4sGl276[image or embed]— CNN (@cnn.com) April 19, 2026 at 2:51 AMThe practical value of these demonstrations is exactly the same as that of a high school competition to build Rube Goldberg machines. Hopefully, someone involved will apply something they've learned to something of actual use.But where's the harm in having some fun with robots? To answer that we have to dig into hype and market bubbles and everybody's favorite real life Tiny Stark.At this point, I'm not sure I even need to argue the idea that Elon Musk is a horrible person. He has accumulated the world's largest fortune almost…