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14 months ago a lot of people said it was “laughable” that Tesla thought they’d have a working prototype of a humanoid robot in under a year… I’ll take Tesla e

14 months ago a lot of people said it was “laughable” that Tesla thought they’d have a working prototype of a humanoid robot in under a year… I’ll take Tesla engineer’s over 95% of the industry any day.

heavenlyblue 4y ago
Is it as working as their FSD?
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dragontamer 4y ago
No. Most of us correctly noted that no matter how much effort Tesla puts into Optimus, it won't be as good as Honda's Asimo demo for years. Let alone Boston Dynamic's demos. Or Disney's stunt robot. ------- So we're mostly laughing at the wasted effort. Of course it's possible, other companies made humanoid walking robots like 20 years ago. The other questions, like how to actually make money from them, remain unanswered.
- cbeach 4y ago
  The differentiator with Tesla’s bot is not in the way it walks, but the way it learns and “thinks” - Tesla engineers are building Artificial General Intelligence into their bot: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intellige... In a few years I think even the general public will be able to understand the difference between Asimo and Optimus. It will be remarkable to see Optimus performing tasks independently. Update: it’s fair to be skeptical, but bear in mind the concept of a desirable EV was an “I’ll believe it when I see it” until Musk’s sheer force of willpower made it happen. He delivers later than he promises, but he does tend to deliver.
  - cochne 4y ago
    That claim has about as much behind it as all of the full self driving claims.
    - sroussey 4y ago
      The self driving claims that the full released version would be in the 2010s.
      - moooo99 4y ago
        "Full self-driving will come in n+1 one years - I promise"
  - Q6T46nT668w6i3m 4y ago
    Oh, I missed this. It now makes sense. Thank you!
  - uni_rule 4y ago
    I'll believe it when I see it. In the meantime his team still can't even deliver on Tesla's self driving promises.
  - roywiggins 4y ago
    If they actually have an AGI up their sleeve then spending time on hardware seems like a waste of time.
- snotrockets 4y ago
  The same way Musk’s other effort make money: government subsidies.
qeternity 4y ago
No, people said they’d never have a working prototype that was in any way useful or demonstrative. And those people were right.

heavenlyblue 4y ago

Is it as working as their FSD?

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dragontamer 4y ago

No. Most of us correctly noted that no matter how much effort Tesla puts into Optimus, it won't be as good as Honda's Asimo demo for years. Let alone Boston Dynamic's demos. Or Disney's stunt robot. ------- So we're mostly laughing at the wasted effort. Of course it's possible, other companies made humanoid walking robots like 20 years ago. The other questions, like how to actually make money from them, remain unanswered.

cbeach 4y ago
The differentiator with Tesla’s bot is not in the way it walks, but the way it learns and “thinks” - Tesla engineers are building Artificial General Intelligence into their bot: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intellige... In a few years I think even the general public will be able to understand the difference between Asimo and Optimus. It will be remarkable to see Optimus performing tasks independently. Update: it’s fair to be skeptical, but bear in mind the concept of a desirable EV was an “I’ll believe it when I see it” until Musk’s sheer force of willpower made it happen. He delivers later than he promises, but he does tend to deliver.
- cochne 4y ago
  That claim has about as much behind it as all of the full self driving claims.
  - sroussey 4y ago
    The self driving claims that the full released version would be in the 2010s.
    - moooo99 4y ago
      "Full self-driving will come in n+1 one years - I promise"
- Q6T46nT668w6i3m 4y ago
  Oh, I missed this. It now makes sense. Thank you!
- uni_rule 4y ago
  I'll believe it when I see it. In the meantime his team still can't even deliver on Tesla's self driving promises.
- roywiggins 4y ago
  If they actually have an AGI up their sleeve then spending time on hardware seems like a waste of time.
snotrockets 4y ago
The same way Musk’s other effort make money: government subsidies.

qeternity 4y ago

No, people said they’d never have a working prototype that was in any way useful or demonstrative. And those people were right.