{"id":265513,"date":"2024-11-28T20:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/dont-be-fooled-by-elon-musks-chatty-optimus-robots\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:19","slug":"dont-be-fooled-by-elon-musks-chatty-optimus-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/dont-be-fooled-by-elon-musks-chatty-optimus-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t be fooled by Elon Musk\u2019s chatty Optimus robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27105355\/SEI_230893049.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2457972\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Elaine Knox\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Optimus robots wandered around the party held after Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla unveiled its robotaxi last month, doling out drinks and chatting with guests. They were also being photographed, as android butlers make for great social media content. Partygoers couldn\u2019t believe their eyes \u2013 and they shouldn\u2019t have. The robots weren\u2019t fully autonomous, but remote-controlled avatars.<\/p>\n<p>That shouldn\u2019t have surprised the tech-savvy revellers. After all, when Musk first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2287792-tesla-is-building-an-ai-humanoid-robot-called-optimus-says-elon-musk\/\">unveiled<\/a> Optimus in 2021, the humanoid robot that strode onto stage was actually a\u00a0costumed dancer. Indeed, throughout the long history of robots, if one impresses with its intelligence,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2457971-dont-be-fooled-by-elon-musks-chatty-optimus-robots\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Optimus robots wandered around the party held after Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla unveiled its robotaxi last month, doling out drinks and chatting with guests. 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