To make you feel better, this was the remote operator, that makes the robot appear autonomous, removing their headset before handing control off to someone else to keep the lie going.
To make you feel better, this was the remote operator, that makes the robot appear autonomous, removing their headset before handing control off to someone else to keep the lie going.
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
One would think there would be a failsafe buffer in there, for at least a few seconds.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 4 days ago
Nono, this is an Elon product. The bare minimum to sell the illusion is all you get even after years of r&d and actual sales on the books.
How he’s not in jail for fraud is one of many marks against modern capitalism and its stranglehold on governments…
III@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Imagine how poor he would be if he was held accountable.
ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 4 days ago
He did say “If Trump lost, I’d be going to prison.” Most attribute that to election interference but it also could be about how he runs his businesses.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 3 days ago
It’s definitely both.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s likely there was an “idle” script he was supposed to trigger before making the swap.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I like to hope it was intentional to expose the fraud