‘Last human victory’: Figure AI CEO reacts after intern wins man vs machine challenge

Human beings still have an edge when competing against AI-powered machines. This is proved in the 10-hour man vs machine challenge conducted by Figure AI.

In this competition, Figure AI intern and robots competed against each other in sorting the parcel. In this task, the steps involve identifying a barcode and putting the parcel on the conveyer belt.

Talking about the working conditions, the intern took breaks for lunch. And for robots, they worked in shifts, like after an hour one robot replaced the other and this went on.

Given the rapidly evolving efficiency of machines, many were hopeful that AI would win this competition. But their hopes were dashed when the human outperformed the robot.

The intern managed to win by packing 12,924 parcels against the robots’ 12,732. But this was a “barely win” against the machine. The average speed of both differed by only 0.04 seconds, 2.79 per parcel versus 2.83.

The CEO of Figure AI, Brett Adcock, took to X and reacted to the unexpected victory of a human against AI.

“Congrats to Aime!! He said his left forearm is basically broken,” Adcock quipped.

Final scores:

F.03: 12,732 packages (2.83 seconds/package)

Aime: 12,924 packages (2.79 seconds/package)

He finally added, “This is the last time a human will ever win.”

In 2025, Figure introduced its proprietary AI, Helix, for integration with robots.