On December 28, Tesla's factory was exposed to robots attacking engineers, ranking first in the hot search.
According to reference news, citing the British "Daily Mail" **December 26**, in the factory of Tesla Motors near Austin, the capital of Texas, there was a brutal and bloody accident, and an engineer was attacked by robots.
The report used words such as "attacker" and "cruelty" to describe the robotic arm that caused the accident, and used several pictures of Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus Prime.
Tesla's robot suddenly injured people and was accused of concealing the number of work-related injuries
Two witnesses were reportedly horrified to see their colleagues attacked by a robot used to grab and move newly minted aluminum car parts.
The engineer was writing a software program for two nearby malfunctioning Tesla robots that suddenly crushed him and then extended its metal claws to the engineer's back and arms, leaving a trail of "blood" on the factory floor.
The incident left the victim with an "open wound" on his left hand. Tesla's work-related injury report to Travis County and federal regulators revealed the incident, which was read by a reporter from the Daily Mail.
Although Tesla did not report any other robot-related injuries to regulators in 2021 and 2022, there have been growing concerns about the risks posed by automated robots in the workplace over the years.
According to the Associated Press, Hannah Alexander, a lawyer on worker protection, further pointed out that Tesla clearly whitewashed the injuries of workers in order to receive subsidies from Texas and the federal government. Many of the workers she spoke to said their injuries were not reported.
In addition to the harm caused by automation, Alexander stressed that because the Texas Gigafactory is so large, the size of 100 football fields, the factory did not complete all of its construction, but only operated part of it. This semi-finished factory may also be responsible for the above-average injury rate among the plant's workers.
The rapid production facility, which took two years to build at the Gigafactory in Texas, was flawed in safety and led to a high number of workplace injuries, according to sources.
Musk refutes the rumor that "Tesla robot attacked engineer".
According to the latest news, Tesla CEO Elon Musk publicly responded to foreign media reports about Tesla's robot "attacking" engineers.
As the explosion of artificial intelligence and the security issues it induces are being controversial, the Daily Mail's suggestive report has received a lot of attention and**. However, many netizens said on social ** that the accident mentioned in the report is more likely to be a normal operation accident, rather than a drama of robots vs. humans.
Some netizens reported this on social **x (formerly Twitter) and commented, "'Attack' means that it made a decision. But the robot was doing exactly what it was supposed to do. Apparently, the staff thought the robot was turned off, but it wasn't. ”
Musk responded, "* It's a shame to dig up the accident caused by a simple industrial KUKA robotic arm (which is present in all factories) two years ago, and imply that it was caused by the current Optimus Prime." ”
Judging from the available information, the Optimus Prime humanoid robot at this stage is far from enough to "attack" humans. Optimus Prime was only revealed in 2021 in the form of concept art;At Tesla's second Artificial Intelligence Day in 2022, the Optimus Prime prototype was unveiled for the first time;On December 12 this year, Tesla released Optimus Prime's latest**, showing its ability to hold eggs, squat, run and jump. Musk said that Optimus Prime is to replace humans to perform unsafe or boring work, and will first enter the Tesla Gigafactory to work. However, some analysts believe that Optimus Prime is still a concept under development, and there is still a long way to go before "working in the factory".
Although almost all of his companies are related to artificial intelligence, Musk himself is one of the biggest supporters of the "artificial intelligence threat theory". He has repeatedly warned about the safety of artificial intelligence in public. In March this year, Musk also signed a joint letter with a group of experts and executives in the field of artificial intelligence, calling for a six-month moratorium on the development of a system more powerful than OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4, citing the potential risks of new technologies to society.
As of the U.S. stock market**, Tesla rose 188% at 261$44 shares.
* |Surging news, reference news, Financial Associated Press, China Business News, public information, etc.
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