Tesla’s humanoid robot by bringing what was very clearly a person in a robot suit on stage, so it’s no surprise that the Optimuses (Optimi? Optimodes?) at last week’s event were hyperbolic in their presentation.
And people who went didn’t seem to feel upset or betrayed by that.
But if you were hoping to have any sense of how far along Tesla truly is in its humanoid robotics work, the “We, Robot” event wasn’t the place to look.
Behind-the-scenes human ‘assisting’ Optimus meant the We, Robot event said little about how far its humanoid robots have come.
Attendee Robert Scoble posted that he’d learned humans were “remote assisting” the robots, later clarifying that an engineer had told him the robots used AI to walk, spotted Electrek.
Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas wrote that the robots “relied on tele-ops (human intervention)” in a note, the outlet reports.
Another robot — or the human voicing it — told an attendee in a stilted impression of a synthetic voice,
“Today, I am assisted by a human,” adding that it’s not fully autonomous. (The voice stumbled on the word “autonomous.”)
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And these are the same far right extremists libertarians tech bros insisting that nuclear power is safe and AI can differentiate who to kill….🤔
Far right extremists libertarians tech bros disintegrating the planet 🌎….with their quickie predatory practices profits 🤑
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Tesla’s humanoid robot by bringing what was very clearly a person in a robot suit on stage, so it’s no surprise that the Optimuses (Optimi? Optimodes?) at last week’s event were hyperbolic in their presentation.
And people who went didn’t seem to feel upset or betrayed by that.
But if you were hoping to have any sense of how far along Tesla truly is in its humanoid robotics work, the “We, Robot” event wasn’t the place to look.
Behind-the-scenes human ‘assisting’ Optimus meant the We, Robot event said little about how far its humanoid robots have come.
Attendee Robert Scoble posted that he’d learned humans were “remote assisting” the robots, later clarifying that an engineer had told him the robots used AI to walk, spotted Electrek.
Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas wrote that the robots “relied on tele-ops (human intervention)” in a note, the outlet reports.
Another robot — or the human voicing it — told an attendee in a stilted impression of a synthetic voice,
“Today, I am assisted by a human,” adding that it’s not fully autonomous. (The voice stumbled on the word “autonomous.”)
– – – – –
And these are the same far right extremists libertarians tech bros insisting that nuclear power is safe and AI can differentiate who to kill….🤔
Far right extremists libertarians tech bros disintegrating the planet 🌎….with their quickie predatory practices profits 🤑
Lol again?