Humanoids look incredible on video. Iris thinks most of it is theater.

She’s deployed automation in the real world and knows the difference between pilot theater and messy brownfield operations. In this episode, we pull the conversation away from hype and into operator reality: how long can it run without being rescued, how much downtime is tolerable, and why “labor replacement” is the wrong early ROI story.

We go deeper on why humanoids often lose to boring automation, and why safety and insurance - not IT or Innovation - are the real gatekeepers. Iris also shares five questions that expose slideware, plus her framework for turning a humanoid pilot into a hard 90-day stress test.