Silicon Valley is First generation “humanoid” robotsand many technology companies hopeful Consumers think they'll soon have their own live-in robot helpers who will cook for them, sweep the floors, and do all the tedious household chores they don't want to do. But the unfortunate truth is, if recent events are any indication, we shouldn't expect robo-butlers to appear anytime soon.
The recent event I'm referring to is this: Elon Musk shared a video On Weekend X, Tesla's robot Optimus (like a Transformer) was shown folding shirts. Musk apparently hoped people would be impressed by this display of automation, but it was too shocking for him personally. After all, most people can fold their shirts. I'm not good at laundry, but if I were asked to compete with Optimus in a shirt-folding competition, I'm very confident that I could easily beat him. I wondered why someone like Mr. Musk would spend so much money developing a machine that can barely do what everyone already knows how to do. To make matters worse, it turns out that Musk's video was staged, but it's not entirely clear how.
Musk followed up on his original post. with explanation About the robot's ability to fold shirts:
„Important note: Optimus cannot yet do this autonomously, but it will be able to do this reliably fully autonomously and in any environment (where only one shirt is placed). (No need for a fixed table with a fixed box).
It's not entirely clear what Musk is saying, but it sounds like the robot can't actually fold a shirt yet. Or, at least, it needed human assistance to do so.
X commenters responded to Musk's video with a mixture of admiration, embarrassment, and ridicule. Some were confused as to how the video was created if the robots didn't actually have this ability already.1 commenter made a joke: „Yes, but my wife can do it while holding a baby and screaming at someone on the phone while eating lunch…can she do it?“
Since Teslabot was announced a few years ago, it has been more of a topic of laughter and derision than speculation and excitement. In fact, the first „Teslabot“ the world saw was Just a guy in a spandex suit. At that point, Tesla hadn't yet prepared a prototype for the public, so Musk just sent out some idiot dressed like the Silver Surfer to a press event. Then, when the bot prototype works, was It was finally unveiled Tesla AI Day 2022, didn't do much except stumble around and narrowly avoid a faceplant in front of onlookers. Now you know you can fold your shirt. Well, well, well.
In summary, although it keeps being said that; A robot uprising is imminentall visible evidence continues to point to the contrary, at least for the time being.