I watched a humanoid robot clean my apartment. It felt like a taste of the future.

I’m not the sort of person who typically pays for a house cleaner. I’m too frugal, and I kind of enjoy putting on a podcast and going to town on my tub with a Magic Eraser. In order to ensure an authentic experience, I didn’t tell Tau Robotics, the startup behind the X post, that I was a journalist - though I did use my real name, so it’s possible someone looked me up.