Tesla CEO Elon Musk publicly responded to foreign media reports about Tesla's robot "attacking" engineers.
On December 26, local time, the British "Daily Mail" published an article saying, "A brutal and bloody malfunction occurred at Tesla's Texas Gigafactory near Austin, and a Tesla engineer was attacked by a robot." ”
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.
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.
On December 27, local time, Musk slammed the report in response to netizens' messages.
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.
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