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Written by Casilli :mastodon: on 2024-10-12 at 11:34

A day in the life of imbeciles: Elon Musk tells his gullible fans fully autonomous robotaxis are coming "by this time next year," and their goldfish-sized brains applaud—forgetting he's been saying that since 2016. Then he introduces the new Optimus droid, admitting the first was just "someone in a robot suit," and his fans’ goldfish-sized brains believe his claim that these metal dummies will soon be "your own personal C-3PO"—forgetting that C-3PO too was just someone in a robot suit.

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Written by FormlessOne on 2024-10-12 at 14:59

@casilli A reminder that the Optimus "droids" featured in his latest presentation were driven remotely. He doesn't have truly autonomous anything - you're looking at a Mechanical Turk con job.

https://jalopnik.com/teslas-beer-serving-optimus-robot-was-controlled-by-a-h-1851670923

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