[Global Network Report Reporter Zhang Xiaoya] "* It's really shameful. Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc. in the United States, issued a response to a foreign media report on "Tesla robot attacking engineers" on the 28th.
The X account named "Whole Mars Catalog" (Whole Mars Catalog) posted a screenshot of the report of the British "Daily Mail" on the 27th local time, which reported that there was a "brutal and bloody robot attack on engineer" incident at the Tesla factory in Texas, USA.
The Daily Mail said that at the time of the incident, two witnesses watched in horror as their colleagues were "attacked" by a robot used to grab and move car parts: the engineer involved was writing software at the time, and a robot held him down, then pierced "metal claws" into his back and arms, and "blood stains" appeared in the factory. The Daily Mail has been informed of an injury report filed in 2021 that left the engineer with an "open wound" on his left hand.
The report also said that Tesla did not report other robot-related injuries to regulators in 2021 or 2022. The incident comes at a time when there have been concerns about the risks of automated robots in the workplace.
The X account "All Mars Catalog" commented, "The Daily Mail's 'Science' article says as if Optimus Prime (a robot) decided to attack an engineer. But they're actually talking about injuries related to KUKA robots at the factory in 2021. Although the injuries are more serious, it does not mean that the robots are going to rebel."
One netizen commented on the comment, saying, "The 'attack' is a hint that it (the bot) made a decision. But that bot is completely programmed. Apparently the workers thought it was closed, but it wasn't. ”
Subsequently, Musk left a message under the netizen account, saying, "That's right. **It's shameful to dig up the injury caused by a simple industrial KUKA robotic arm (which is present in all factories) two years ago, suggesting that it was caused by the current 'Optimus Prime'. ”
Tesla's "Optimus Prime" humanoid robot prototype attracted huge attention after it was released on September 30, 2022. Musk has said that humanoid robots are suitable for "boring and monotonous" and "dangerous" work in factories, but he also admits that robots now do not have the intelligence to deal with complex real-world scenarios and can only act according to clear instructions. The industry also questioned whether the "Optimus Prime" humanoid robot could really work well in Tesla's factory. Nancy Cook, a professor at Arizona State University in the United States, said that Tesla's "Optimus Prime" humanoid robot can only be said to be successful if it shows that the robot has the ability to take a variety of non-explicit command behaviors.
In November this year, the world's first AI Security Summit was held in the United Kingdom, and 28 participating countries and the European Union signed the Bletchley Declaration. The manifesto argues that the deliberate misuse or unintentional control of cutting-edge AI technologies can pose significant risks, especially in cybersecurity, biotechnology, and the increased spread of disinformation.