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 10 months ago
One would think there would be a failsafe buffer in there, for at least a few seconds.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 10 months 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 10 months ago
Imagine how poor he would be if he was held accountable.
ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months ago
It’s definitely both.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s likely there was an “idle” script he was supposed to trigger before making the swap.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I like to hope it was intentional to expose the fraud