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Bagels of Doom's avatar

The robo-van looks like a hair metal album-cover from the mid-eighties come to live.

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Major Is My Spirit Animal's avatar

Actually FElon's plan for Optimus is very calculated, the demo was for the actual product. He plans to sell them as "AI" robots but they will be just like the demo - controlled by banks of Indian children feeding the telepresence actions through Starlink.

As far as FElon is concerned that makes it a win-win, for him at least.

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Regret's avatar

"AI stands for Absent Indians."

- Indian tech workers.

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Wondering Woman's avatar

Robot to Musk: “Kiss my shiny plastic ass”

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Vincent's avatar

How the fuck has Tesla stock not cratered.

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Major Is My Spirit Animal's avatar

It's on its way. Investors are now wise to the FElon shuck and jive, and the stock dropped 9% on the next trading day.

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marydn's avatar

Musky Boy talks about there are no controls in the robo taxi and shows the road view above the screen and says it will be great. The first thing that came to my mind was I look past the screen and see the taxi is about to slam into something or someone and I can't do anything but hang on? I don't think that would be "great". I notice the robo van has screens at both ends but only windows by the doors. That solves the problem of knowing you're going to die before it happens like the taxi. Thanks Musky Boy!

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Wondering Woman's avatar

Totally understand how he and Trump are buddies.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

"Toasters"?

Alert Galactica Actual.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

"Musk held Thursday’s unveiling on the Warner Bros. lot in beautiful downtown Burbank."

Say "Goodnight," dick.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

What’s the concern? It’s not like Tesla has a history of rushing products out before they’re ready for the market. The cyber truck has been a huge success, right?

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DJ Teetop's avatar

Sure, it killed the fuck out of John Conner's mom

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Anzu's avatar

Thinking about Chobits. Personal computers that looked like girls (or boys.) Like all computers, though, they were made with planned obsolescence in mind, and eventually they would degrade. Everyone knew they were basically robot sex dolls. But the most advanced of them was made as a replacement daughter.

One dude married his Chobit (read: Marilyn Monroebot) only to have her neural circuits degrade and she "died" less than ten years later. DON'T DATE ROBOTS!

Anyway, these robots are ugly.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

"One dude married his Chobit (read: Marilyn Monroebot) only to have her neural circuits degrade and she "died" less than ten years later. "

Sorry, but in terms of most marriages, isn't this actually ideal?

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Anzu's avatar

He was heartbroken though. The episode about it presented it as a real tragedy. He fell in love with a robot, but she was doomed to die. (I forgot that the robot actually sacrificed herself to save him from an oncoming truck as her final coherent act.)

He did actually have another relationship with another human later on.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

Sounds like having cats.

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Enter Ranting's avatar

Well, I think it's just great that Elon fixed the problem of terrible traffic by boring tunnels under every major US city.

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JCfromNC's avatar

Two lane tunnels, to replace the 6 lane roads overhead.

Brilliant move, sir.

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BlueSpot's avatar

RUR was not meant to be a blueprint for society.

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motmelere's avatar

I am bender, please insert tube.

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Tosca's avatar

"Musk said during a July earnings call that he wasn’t concerned about getting regulatory approval for the Cybercab, because..."

Ah, THAT'S why he's pushing PAB so hard.

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Queroloustwo's avatar

Mr. Skum, if you want to have an annoying neurotic hanging around your house all the time getting on your nerves, you can marry your self.

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Zen Gali's avatar

I'll just leave this here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsNc4nEX3c4

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PropellerVigo's avatar

Every time I hear elno speak I remember he's profoundly stupid. He's only barely smart enough to let people smarter than he is do the heavy lifting.

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