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Tesla Optimus falls in Miami demo, hand movements sparks remote operation debate

https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/teslas-optimus-falls-in-miami-demo
Lovely_sombrero [he/him] - 3day

"It defies the imagination. One chip, one chip that Tesla has developed in recent history here could take the place of pretty much any major computer that might’ve been hanging around in the early 2000’s. These advancements are things that will save lives."

This is what serious business analysts were saying about Tesla's Dojo project - an advanced AI supercomputer that would run Tesla's full self-driving and Optimus (bots) technology. It would have Tesla-designed chips that are better than anything out there. Morgan Stanley valued Dojo alone at ~$200 billion (Toyota's market cap is ~$250 billion). Dojo was very quietly cancelled a couple of months ago, everyone was fired. Serious analysts didn't care, they just slapped a $200 billion higher valuation on Optimus instead and called it a day. Elon said a couple of months ago that Optimus bots are no longer being remotely operated. Nothing matters.

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supafuzz [comrade/them] - 3day

One chip, one chip that Tesla has developed in recent history here could take the place of pretty much any major computer that might’ve been hanging around in the early 2000’s

welp somebody doesn't know how their phone works

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KobaCumTribute [she/her] - 3day

One chip, one chip that Tesla has developed in recent history here could take the place of pretty much any major computer that might’ve been hanging around in the early 2000’s.

Someone with a few thousand dollars for materials and the right machinery can manufacture chips that would have been high-end in the 80s in their garage. Chips comparably powerful to ones that would have cost thousands in the early 2000s can be had for like $30 now. Tesla being able to manufacturer cheap old chips wouldn't be impressive even if it were true, which as you put out it's not even true.

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buckykat [none/use name] - 3day

According to natopedia, the fastest computer in the world in 2000 was ASCI White at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which could do 4.93 teraflops at the time.

I recently got an RX 9060 XT, a midrange graphics card. It can do 25.64 teraflops.

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flango @lemmy.eco.br - 3day

Tesla and the AI companies are on full fraud mode right now.

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FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him] - 3day

catgirl-disgust Heeyyy...that looks just like a person taking off their VR headset

my-hero I know, right?! Optimus is getting so advanced and lifelike!

catgirl-flop

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decaptcha [none/use name] - 3day

bleak to consider there are people who consider this a purposeful move on Elon's part. what an epic troll job it must be for them

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Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them] - 3day

If it's any consolation, those people don't have the money to spend on this bullshit, because they already spent it all buying Cybertrucks.

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SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them] - 3day

The guy being paid $7.25 an hour to remotely pilot the bazinga bot walked off the job.

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LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them] - 3day

$7.25? Probably less in a country with a lower/no minimum wage

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Monk3brain3 [any, he/him] - 3day

I'm just here, waiting for the day that Tesla finally implodes.

That clip is so fucking funny. How is Tesla valued at what it is.

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barrbaric [he/him] - 3day

How is Tesla valued at what it is.

Used to be they sold carbon credits they got from the government, but that program's being cancelled so now they need to find another cash cow.

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Monk3brain3 [any, he/him] - 3day

Yeah. It's actually pretty transparent what their strategy is. Pivot from car company to ai company, ai to robotics. Going to Mars probably fits in somewhere too. It's just wild people fall for this grift. Musk truly is the conman of all time or people are just that brain broken from capitalism. But I don't think they'll find that cash cow but what do I know lol.

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supafuzz [comrade/them] - 3day

for real who is looking at tesla in 2025 and seeing the future of anything

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LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them] - 3day

Meanwhile, China's making decently priced kei vans that are more luxury than what the Krauts are making

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JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them] - 3day

They're so gonna make these things into cops.

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Red_October [he/him] - 3day

Good they’ll be easy to push over.

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fox [comrade/them] - 3day

If they're piloted by humans you can disorient them pretty easily at least

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Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them] - 3day

At least some random Indian dude piloting them will probably be less inclined to shoot everyone than US cops.

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RejZoR - 3day

We already know these robots are dumb and useless and they've been remote controlling them since the first day when they announced the stupid Tesla robo taxies and that stupid Tesla bus that can't drive over a tiny speed bump...

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GenXen [he/him, any] - 3day

| The video shows Optimus performing tasks such as handing out bottled water, posing for photos, and dancing for attendees.

Elon to the remote operator: "Okay, now do the 'jerking two dicks' dance move like your government subsidized paycheck depends on it!"

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Assian_Candor [comrade/them] - 3day

Mf mood

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Sickos [they/them, it/its] - 3day

Ok so what if they did train an algorithm based on remote control operation of the same bot and the headset pull just became part of the data; a reaction to "oops I fucked up and am going to be sick".

I would find that equally funny.

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JustSo [she/her, any] - 3day

Lukewarm prediction: robot slaves remotely puppetted by human slaves so we can all feel smug and comfy about how far we've progressed since the bad old days.

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RION [she/her] - 3day

when someone says something so hawktimus you gotta hit em with the tesluah stare

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PaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them] - 3day

It's like the Robocop 2 prototypes

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Kefla [she/her, they/them] - 3day

I can't wait to learn that like 98% of "AI" was just mechanical turks

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