Musk warned about the perils of super-intelligent technology outsmarting humans, saying, “In the future, physical work will be a choice.”
There are many maybes in this narrative, but Musk debut a humanoid robot prototype next year, according to recent sources. The billionaire has named his latest invention the “Tesla Bot, ” which performs “boring, repetitive, and dangerous” tasks.
We’re virtually certain these numbers aren’t in stone looking at Musk’s track record of releasing products. But the CEO claims the robot will be 5ft 8in tall, weigh 57kg, and walk at a speed of 5mph. It can carry around 20 kilograms, deadlift 68 kilograms, and perform jobs such as picking up groceries from supermarkets.
The robot will be from “lightweight materials” with a screen in the body-like casing to show information and will use the same artificial intelligence that the electric car business uses in its vehicles. Eight cameras and numerous sensors will be in the head alone.
“Tesla is perhaps the world’s largest robotics firm because our cars are semi-sentient robots on wheels,” Musk said at the company’s AI Day event, which is aimed at attracting technical and research talent.
During the occasion, Musk warned against the perils of artificial intelligence, a fear he had for the past few years. Nonetheless, he claims that the Tesla bot is “to be friendly and navigate through a world for humans.”
Of course, robots aren’t impossible, but controversial items seem to be a proven method to garner attention when other, more legitimate but with less blockbuster, announcements. Aside from the humanoid, Tesla revealed the D1 special computer chip, which is optimized by AI.
Tesla Bot
They will use this chip to build Dojo, a supercomputer that will process massive volumes of camera and sensor data from Tesla cars to train the neural networks that will power the company’s self-driving technology.
The dojo is a wonderful name, but it doesn’t receive nearly as much attention as an AI-powered humanoid robot from a Tesla billionaire who enjoys scaring people about AI-powered humanoid robots. And, given that Musk’s pledge to release a million self-driving “robotaxis” into America’s streets in 2019 never materialized… The possibility of a humanoid robot appearing by next year appears to be a questionable promise at best.
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