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This reads to me like someone saying “you can’t dump me, because I am preemptively dumping you.” It is a forced pivot to avoid having to admit failure.

georgemcbay 8mo ago
> It is a forced pivot to avoid having to admit failure. It is also a neat way to reset Elon's Very Reliable Prediction Clock. I look forward to hearing about how fully functional Optimus robots will be ready to ship "later this year" for the next 10 years.
- CursedSilicon 8mo ago
  I wonder if they'll be similarly "self-driving" https://old.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1ph3scw/tesla_optimus_faints_when_operator_takes_off_vr/ https://old.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1ph3scw/tesla_opt...
- 6510 8mo ago
  I thought this was the greatest product demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R40IDdAkRZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R40IDdAkRZM I struggle to imagine what the US version of this intimidating propaganda movie would look like. My mind renders only pictures of square dancing.
  - Incipient 8mo ago
    China is absolutely crushing everyone mostly across the board in technology these days. It's comical today, but will just be embarrassing soon. The only bit visually we see China a little behind is AI but I suspect they have much better closed/unreleased models, and the fab/chip space, but they'll close that gap in a short few years I'd expect.
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  - joering2 8mo ago
    This is amazing! I WISH somebody would take 15 seconds of this clip, add China flag in the bottom, then add scratching sounds of a vinyl disc and forward to this, with Felon Musk/American flag: https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1ph3scw/tesla_optimus_faints_when_operator_takes_off_vr/ https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1ph3scw/tesla_opt...
  - throwawayffffas 8mo ago
    The US version is all boston dynamics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNorxwlZlFk&t=9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNorxwlZlFk&t=9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeeiN9smjjY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeeiN9smjjY
    - lern_too_spel 8mo ago
      Unitree is doing everything Boston Dynamics is doing and more without a physical safety barrier between the robots and the humans.
      - 6510 8mo ago
        Perhaps but but it doesn't matter. They have better production capabilities and more experience with drone swarms.
      - throwawayffffas 8mo ago
        Yeah, that's the most impressive thing about this performance, the robots were safe enough to "interact" with children. Even if we take into account the smaller size of the robots, it's still impressive, a bad input at the wrong time could easily cause of one of the robots to seriously injure someone, the fact this didn't happen and the producers and the company were confident that it wouldn't happen is the real breakthrough moment.
don_neufeld 8mo ago
You’ve heard of a bridge to nowhere? I suspect this is a pivot to nowhere.
- Apofis 8mo ago
  Elon Musk's Meta VR moment is definitely Optimus.
tjpnz 8mo ago
Sounds a lot like Mars.
maxdo 8mo ago
If he really almost got self driving what is the point to build non autonomous cars ? Same with robotics . They got billions in pocket to either release a few new models to save market or invest into RND to change the market .
- bhouston 8mo ago
  Real business people keep running production lines if they are profitable and build additional production lines for new businesses. Real business people do not shut down profitable lines because they are making a pivot, that is what failing startups do.

georgemcbay 8mo ago

> It is a forced pivot to avoid having to admit failure. It is also a neat way to reset Elon's Very Reliable Prediction Clock. I look forward to hearing about how fully functional Optimus robots will be ready to ship "later this year" for the next 10 years.

CursedSilicon 8mo ago
I wonder if they'll be similarly "self-driving" https://old.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1ph3scw/tesla_optimus_faints_when_operator_takes_off_vr/ https://old.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1ph3scw/tesla_opt...
6510 8mo ago
I thought this was the greatest product demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R40IDdAkRZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R40IDdAkRZM I struggle to imagine what the US version of this intimidating propaganda movie would look like. My mind renders only pictures of square dancing.
- Incipient 8mo ago
  China is absolutely crushing everyone mostly across the board in technology these days. It's comical today, but will just be embarrassing soon. The only bit visually we see China a little behind is AI but I suspect they have much better closed/unreleased models, and the fab/chip space, but they'll close that gap in a short few years I'd expect.
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- joering2 8mo ago
  This is amazing! I WISH somebody would take 15 seconds of this clip, add China flag in the bottom, then add scratching sounds of a vinyl disc and forward to this, with Felon Musk/American flag: https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1ph3scw/tesla_optimus_faints_when_operator_takes_off_vr/ https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1ph3scw/tesla_opt...
- throwawayffffas 8mo ago
  The US version is all boston dynamics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNorxwlZlFk&t=9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNorxwlZlFk&t=9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeeiN9smjjY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeeiN9smjjY
  - lern_too_spel 8mo ago
    Unitree is doing everything Boston Dynamics is doing and more without a physical safety barrier between the robots and the humans.
    - 6510 8mo ago
      Perhaps but but it doesn't matter. They have better production capabilities and more experience with drone swarms.
    - throwawayffffas 8mo ago
      Yeah, that's the most impressive thing about this performance, the robots were safe enough to "interact" with children. Even if we take into account the smaller size of the robots, it's still impressive, a bad input at the wrong time could easily cause of one of the robots to seriously injure someone, the fact this didn't happen and the producers and the company were confident that it wouldn't happen is the real breakthrough moment.

don_neufeld 8mo ago

You’ve heard of a bridge to nowhere? I suspect this is a pivot to nowhere.

Apofis 8mo ago
Elon Musk's Meta VR moment is definitely Optimus.

tjpnz 8mo ago

Sounds a lot like Mars.

maxdo 8mo ago

If he really almost got self driving what is the point to build non autonomous cars ? Same with robotics . They got billions in pocket to either release a few new models to save market or invest into RND to change the market .

bhouston 8mo ago
Real business people keep running production lines if they are profitable and build additional production lines for new businesses. Real business people do not shut down profitable lines because they are making a pivot, that is what failing startups do.