Elon Musk will get loads of reward for his “technical prowess,” however one individual, Alex Proyas, doesn’t share these sentiments.
Final week in Burbank, California, the Tesla Chief and horrible proprietor of X, previously Twitter, unveiled his firm’s new Optimus robots and self-driving automobiles at an occasion curiously titled “We Robotic.”
Like many on X, Aley Proyas, the director of the 2004 blockbuster movie I Robotic, believed Musk jacked the designs from his film.
“Hey Elon,” Proyas wrote on X, “Can I’ve my designs again, please?” The message was accompanied by a sequence of stills from the movie, side-by-side with images of Musk’s newest designs.
Musk, who doesn’t hesitate to reply when he’s known as on his platform, has but to reply to Proyas’ claims, however that didn’t cease his delusional followers from placing on their capes to defend the billionaire.
“Be honored. What you probably did with CGI and a inexperienced display, @elonmusk did in actuality,” one individual wrote in response to Proyas’ claims.
One other glazer wrote, “you’re feeling you impressed the longer term but you’re attempting to dunk on the one who made it a actuality.”
This was not the primary time Musk had proven off the Optimus robotic; it debuted in 2022, the identical yr he reluctantly purchased Twitter for $44 billion earlier than stupidly renaming it to X.
Musk’s status because the real-life Tony Stark has since taken a well-deserved hit, and now he has change into “Darkish MAGA,” no matter which means.
Phrase on the tech streets is that people partly managed the robots at “We Work.” Following the occasion, Tesla inventory took successful, dropping by almost 9%.
Welp.
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