Elon Musk announced plans for an upcoming «Tesla Bot» that he says people should be able to either escape or defeat in battle.
On Thursday night, in typical fashion, Elon Musk announced vague plans to develop and release a humanoid robot called the “Tesla bot […] sometime next year.” We’ve already covered the announcement and how Musk has a horrible track record of overpromising and underdelivering — remember when the underground Loop was supposed to be the superhighway of the future instead of a bumpy taxi ride in a single-lane tunnel? But Insider points out some crucial context about the robot that may or may not someday exist: Notorious AI fearmonger Elon Musk says it’ll be designed to be a true lightweight that most people should be able to either defeat in battle — or escape.
