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[News] Elon Musk Says Optimus Robot Will 'Babysit Your Kids' in Weirdest Prediction Yet (gizmodo.com)
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Elon Musk envisions a future where his Optimus robot becomes a personal companion, capable of babysitting kids, teaching them, and even performing tasks like factory work. He imagines a robot that can learn from videos and execute tasks on its own, even playing the piano. With a promised "radical" increase in autonomy, Musk predicts that Optimus will be able to understand and respond to voice commands, making it a reliable and trustworthy companion. While the robot's current capabilities fall short of its competitors, Musk's ambitious goals suggest a future where humanoid robots like Optimus become an integral part of daily life, potentially outnumbering humans and achieving a market cap of $25 trillion.

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[–] PancakeTrebuchet 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Elon's own children hate him. He's probably not the best person to guage whether a robot is capable of interacting with a child or not, let alone educate them.

[–] athairmor 7 points 6 months ago

He knows the robot would be a better parent than him. He just assumes this is true of all parents.

[–] Lemminary 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Who cares what the Musk says. Stop giving that asshole a platform.

[–] pavnilschanda 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Sure thing, but this community's purpose is to record developments in AI companionship, regardless of who's behind them. The Optimus robots have significant relevance and implications for this field.

[–] Lemminary 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, no doubt. But we can certainly link to an article that doesn't feature Musk as the tech messiah.

[–] Diplomjodler3 7 points 6 months ago

He probably spends a fortune on nannies. That's why this seems like an important use case to him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'll believe that humanoid robots will be a thing, but for auto manufacture on an assembly line, I have a hard time seeing how they're significantly better than the existing industrial robot arms. It just seems like an unnecessary technological risk.

[–] Phegan 2 points 6 months ago

So he's going to hire a TikTok dancer to pretend to be a robot to watch kids?

[–] Anticorp 1 points 6 months ago

While the robot's current capabilities fall short of its competitors, Musk's ambitious goals

That's kind of the story across all of his projects now. How in the heck is he still the richest man in the world?

On-topic, this was a central storyline in The Orville, and it didn't end well for the creators.