What happens when one of the world’s richest Billionaires goes for a walk with one of his Tesla Optimus Bots?
It turns out the Internet has a field day with jokes.
On Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 Elon Musk posted a video to his 170.9 Million Followers of his Tesla Optimus Bot going for a walk.
The video shows the Tesla Optimus Bot walking at a leisurely. Nothing to see here. Just the first steps of AI Robots taking over the world.
Just a few weeks ago another video was released showing a Tesla Optimus Bot folding laundry, not very well I might add, but give it time and I will happily give up doing laundry if I robot wants to take that over.
And that is the point after all.
Elon Musk is on the record saying he sees a future where robots are “capable of performing tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring.”
Social media sites like X joined in on the fun, with some users posting funny robot memes from the Terminator movies, while others took the low road and made Joe Biden jokes, which from a comedian standpoint were actually pretty funny regardless of what you might think about politics.
Elon Musk has said “I think Optimus is going to be incredible in five or 10 years.”, and that he estimates the Tesla Optimus Bot will someday have a price tag of $20,000 per robot.
While we’ve all learned to take Elon Musk’s timelines and price predictions with a grain of salt, I really do hope he’s right!
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