"Elon Musk predicts Tesla's Optimus robot will be a force for economic good - even if it ultimately eliminates much of the need for human labor. While the humanoid robots are a production challenge and aren't launching anytime soon, Tesla has demoed them handing out candy on Halloween, performing Kung Fu with Jared Leto, and dancing onstage at its recent shareholder meeting. But Musk says he has an even bigger vision for the robots; he wants them to transform the economy."
""People often talk about eliminating poverty, giving everyone amazing medical care," Musk said at the Thursday shareholder event. "There's actually only one way to do that, and that's with the Optimus robot." Musk later doubled down: "Optimus will actually eliminate poverty." Minutes earlier, the crowd cheered and broke out into chants of "Elon, Elon!" as shareholders approved Musk's $1 trillion pay package."
Optimus humanoid robots are presented as a pathway to replace much human labor and enable universal high income that could eliminate poverty in a benign scenario. Prototype demonstrations have shown simple tasks and staged performances, but the robots face production challenges and are not launching imminently. The program projects a ten- to one-hundred-fold expansion of the global economy and promises sustainable abundance. Shareholders approved a $1 trillion compensation package tied to ambitious targets, including selling one million Optimus units within the next decade. Proposals include using robots to follow and prevent criminal activity instead of physical incarceration.
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