Didn’t they actually have people in robot costumes previously though?

like a shepherd he said, you can run 10 or 20 of the cars.

🎶 They look like robots but are actually just guys 🎶

Less like surrogates and more like The Muppets

in my defense, your honor, i didn’t think anybody would actually fall for it

You overestimate the general population. And especially “investors”.

The cult of Elon remains real.

People will still fall for it by treating it like a demonstration of what Elon wants to make, and just an early prototype. The abilities these “robots” displayed are on par with technology that has been available for over 20 years. They don’t realize the parts missing, filled in by human intervention, are the most difficult parts to create and literally cannot be done without a major, generational breakthrough in AI.

Yes

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