Tesla Optimus humanoid bot has been shown walking before. There is a new video from Elon Musk showing the Optimus bot walking without the white covering pieces. There is the possibility that we are being shown an end to end neural net system controlling the Optimus.
All neural net is what the latest Tesla FSD (Full Self Driving) versions 12.X are using. This means no hard coding and far faster improvement and training of the AI.
Going for a walk with Optimus pic.twitter.com/6mLJCUp30F
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 31, 2024
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If it is non-coded walking that would be very impressive and sooner than I had expected. I’m still skeptical of many predictions about its timetable for when it will be doing productive work and to what extent but learning to walk without code would be a significant milestone. If that is what we are seeing.
What’s the realistic price tag? I don’t believe 20K. That said, a robot that could cook, clean, mow the lawn, etc under 50K with an annual maintenance under 10K (USD) would be would gain traction. Of course that is at the expense of labor. What does that mean for the economy?
I think we’re in for a wild ride.