What Tesla Didn't Tell You About Its Optimus Robots

Bloomberg's Max Chafkin joins Ed Ludlow to discuss the undisclosed human factor behind Tesla's Optimus robots showcased during its Cybercab event. He speaks on "Bloomberg Technology."
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[stoicismcore]

Imagine watching this again in 10 years.

[gustavmukki]

Anyone working in this field knows how hard and complex it is to get those things working flawlessly and that there are still many challenges ahead - and not just technical ones. While I never understood the self driving car mania, the robots will be part of our lives sooner than most of us think.

[chrisb]

Musk is so full of it and he rarely, if ever gets called out on it.

[headyhere]

It was a Hollywood show . What do you expect? He is a good actor

[flexflex]

"Fake it till you make it, " says Trevor Milton.

[FollowTheLion]

Although this is quite a poor demonstration of their abilities in automation and autonomous AI robotics, it is definitely one step up from the mimes they used last time. 😂

[jerrisharris]

Be truthful and transparent.... is it that hard to do...

[justtestingonce]

There was not a single mechanical breakthrough.

[johnnymoran]

I wish Elon would work on a way to "rewire" people who are paralyzed...😢

[MatthiasLehnen]

That was really bad. I thought they were showing automated robots with LLMs running on them. But nope.

[teocampomyutube]

he will get there...this just a start👍

[MotivationInABottle]

I knew it, I made a video about this on my channel. Some robos looked like they wanted to go to the bathroom while others were too human.

[DHosa]

When it's mad busy at the bar, I don't think these robots will achieve fast service to accommodate everyone there in a timely manor as humans do, bar tenders already have a hard time choosing who's next in a crowded bar

[Significantrapsongs]

I'll believe it when I see it... When a dog is being walked by Optimus that will make me a believer

[katephillips]

That’s embarrassing, it’s going to be hard to believe anything he says.

[phongangeljnas]

Only thing i like about robot is to take care of the lawn and security at night

[PaulusCalgar]

If you haven't seen but there's a lot of Tesla running all over America with FSD, or do you thing that any single tesla on FSD is teleoperated by someone in Tesla?

[alejandrogaitanroca]

You could definitely tell. But, as the cars, the robots need to learn from humans. So earning money for the remote controlled robots' applications while solving the issue is quite a standard Elon idea.

[FuseVr]

still sick because we can just have suits like this and go to different planets while being on earth

[DavidJohnson-ghsi]

The fact that it was held in a Hollywood lot tells it all. Smoke and mirrors