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Optimus could do really well if they had all the smartest robotics engineers working on it... But it seems that ~80% of the smart people I know refuse to work
by londons_explore 8mo ago
Optimus could do really well if they had all the smartest robotics engineers working on it...
But it seems that ~80% of the smart people I know refuse to work for Musk on principle, and the remaining 20% prefer to work somewhere that pays well (Musk companies do not).
End result is he has a team of mediocre engineers working on it which is why their demos appear years behind some competitors like Boston dynamics and Unitree.
I think the same is happening to Tesla cars (not much innovation in the last few years).
- Gud 8mo agoI mean, it well be true that Tesla and SpaceX are populated by mediocre engineers. I doubt it, considering their accomplishments.
- jfengel 8mo agoWhat has Tesla accomplished lately? I mean, within the last decade? They certainly have accomplished amazing things. They had a lead that even five years ago was considered insurmountable. But they've made at best incremental progress, the kind made by mediocre engineers. The only novelty was the Cybertruck, which didn't live up to expectations and didn't open up any new domains. SpaceX is still advancing, though even that is getting a bit of an asterisk if they can't get Starship to fulfill its promise.
- londons_explore 8mo agoI suspect they had an amazing team, but the last few years the best people have been departing and they are being replaced by mediocre people due to Musks involvement in politics.