Elon Musk announces a humanoid ‘Tesla Bot’, netizens react with memes

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that his electric car company will take the next step in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and that it is ready to launch a prototype humanoid robot, likely next year. When the images of the next robot were released, he took to social media by storm and reminded people about the dystopian movies where cyborgs took over.

Entitled “Tesla Bot,” it’s designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring jobs that people don’t like to do. Speaking at Tesla’s AI Day event, the billionaire businessman said the robot would have “profound implications for the economy” and address labor shortages. He also stressed the importance of making the new addition to his Tesla family, which he says is not “super expensive.”

The humanoid model, which would be five feet eight inches tall, would be able to handle a wide variety of jobs, from lifting heavy objects to mundane household chores. And netizens couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have fun and share all the Terminator jokes.

Things also took a hilarious turn at the event, as Musk decided to introduce an actor with a bot-like body that displayed some killer dance moves.

Social media is animated with jokes and memes online, and netizens share the favorite “I, robot” joke to imagine what it would be like to spend time with the humanoid robot. From going to the market to killing insects, netizens have begun to imagine funny situations in which they might find the Telsa bot.

Tesla also unveiled the chips it designed internally for its high-speed computer, Dojo, to help develop its automated driving system. Musk said Dojo would be operational next year.

[With inputs from Reuters]

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