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Have you had the chance to watch the Tesla Robotaxi event that happened yesterday?
Since the very beginning of October I've been anticipating the 10th of October which was yesterday because Elon Musk and his entire Tesla company made a promise to unveil some.new innovation for us.
Did they deliver on their promises? Well that's going be an objective opinion. I think the company did a good job with the event. The main innovation was the Tesla Robotaxi.
But Tesla’s Optimus robot also made headlines at the event.
The robot was able to perform some simple tasks like holding a cup, handing out gift bags and even playing rock-paper-scissors with a few guests. Seriously, I wish I was there.
I personally like their black and white design it feels friendly because I was hoping they didn't have red light for eyeballs because those kind of robots give me villain vibes all the time.
Elon Musk said the robot could do things like walking your dog or babysitting your kids. He also made a pretty bold claim that I'm the future, Optimus could become Tesla’s biggest product. I agree with him because who wouldn't want a robot that helps out with all the chores in the house, the cooking the cleaning, and even for introverted people like myself, we'll have someone to talk to.
I will not have to pay cleaners, cooks and errands people, all of that will be done with AI. And one thing I like about this whole idea is that you can trust robots better than you can trust humans. I heard a story of a male house help killing the female house owner and stealing her car and other stuff. This is something that would not have happened if she had a robot instead of a person. So Elon may be right, people will see the need for this and demand from the product will skyrocket.
When you look at the robot, you can just tell it's not yet fully capable of functioning perfectly well without any problems. It's kinda like chatgpt at the moment, it'll give you image generation results that a cool but not always consistently following your instructions.
But Musk believes it will be useful by the end of the year. I don't know whether to believe what he said because, it could also be mere promises to get more investors.
He even claimed the robots could help eliminate poverty by boosting the economy. I don't know much details about how that will happen because people are actually going to lose their jobs so the opposite is what I think might happen but anyways I'm sure Musk has a great plan.
This vision is truly ambitious, but there are still many steps ahead before we see Optimus doing all the tasks Musk describes.
Right now, the robot is still more of a concept than a reality. But Tesla’s progress shows that humanoid robots are closer to becoming part of everyday life just like how AI is becoming right now.
Let me share a couple of videos on the event.