2025 version of the mechanical turk
Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot shuts down after reproducing the gesture of its human operator removing their headset
Submitted 3 weeks ago by King@sh.itjust.works to videos@lemmy.world
https://v.redd.it/cuwetslmen5g1/CMAF_720.mp4
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bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
DandomRude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Indeed, a case for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, a service that is shamelessly and deliberately named after its historical model. The principle has not changed after all this time: poorly paid people do the work to make it look as if machines could perform this task.
It is a very popular thing among all the companies that claimed that “artificial intelligence” was the future.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They’ve already demonstrated time and again that these robots only exist so the rich can have slaves without actually having to see or interact with the slaves.
scrollo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I thought Mturk was primarily used for labeling data for ML models, i.e., “here’s data. Look at it and give it a label according to our specifications”. Do they have a component of Mturk for piloting devices?
Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Mecha Türk intensifies
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Remember cyberguy?
HereIAm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
With his delicate all these robots move it’s nice to see one throwing some weight around. And it’s holding up really well, you’d assume a connection would come loose after the first swing.
victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Trial and
ERROR!!!amirite
olafurp@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The Indian operator just finished his shift
Rooster326@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
He meant AI as in Affordable Indians
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
I was gonna post a joke but nothing will top this lol
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Everything about Elon Musk is a scam.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Elon Musk once again proving that he’s more of a Justin Hammer than a Tony Stark (who was already a problematic figure, but at least had talent and SOME sense of right and wrong)
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Problematic? He was a Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist and the Hero that saved the world!
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Elon Musk was in Iron Man 2 because he was the closest thing to Tony Stark. And then Lex Luthor looked and sounded like Elon thinks he does, because he’s the closest thing to Lex Luthor.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My optimist: surely Musk will not be able to get away with being caught in this obvious lie.
My realist: he’s gonna get away with it again.
FatVegan@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
The optimistic take is that no one is that stupid.
The realistic take is that musk fanboys will claim that the robot is so advanced, that it thinks it’s alive and mimics someone taking his headset off, because it has seen it.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m sure we’ll see, “the AI was trained on human operator recordings - which unfortunately included headset removal actions, Tesla is now working to filter that from the model”.
Overconfidentiality@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Sadly it’s not even limited to fanboys, just the completely oblivious. I was kinda shocked recently to explain to a work friend how idiotic musk is with receipts. He was perplexed, “… But he’s that smart tech billionaire, right?” Just taking the world at face value.
AA5B@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If we wanted to to do that we’d say it wasn’t taking headphones off, it was throwing up its arms in panic that it was having a stroke. See the immediate collapse
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Remember those Tesla solar roof tiles? Fake. Made by a prop company in LA.
Tesla solar still exists, but they just install typical panels, because PUTTING SOLAR TILES IN THE SHADY ROOF SIDE WAS STUPID.AA5B@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
While I really don’t want to defend that flop, they didn’t. Their goal was to create identical tiles so the roof looked consistent but only some would be the more expensive solar tiles
sobchak@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Are you sure? I remember seeing other legitimate roofing companies selling solar roof tiles too. I think I even remember watching an installation video. They weren’t rigid tiles, they were flexible and nailed down similarly to shingles.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
NatakuNox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I want to see footage of the backroom where the controllers are located so badly. Imagine how silly it must look, just a room full of people wearing VR headsets while trying to make their movements look as robotic as possible.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Be funnier if the robot ripped its own head off.
Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I kinda clicked into here expecting that outcome
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Robocop 2 is a hell of a movie.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
He doesn’t shoot then off, he tears them off.
nailbar@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Precisely the scene I thought of too.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Also notice how it crushes the water bottle? Not safe to be around.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
First thing I noticed. This is like standing next to a manufacturing robot, except without the black and yellow safety square that tells you how far its reach is.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
“What is my purpose?”
“You hand out the water”
“Are you kidding me, billions of dollars. Countless hours of research. The rare materials in my chassis cost more than you’ll see in your lifetime. You know what, actually fuck this.”
Hitlerbot has left the chatDiplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The robot apocalypse will be teleoperated from a scam compound in Myanmar.
ch00f@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oooh, I kind of love that. Like there’s a classic robot uprising, but the whole robot rights and robot sentience thing is just a smoke screen to weaken the opposition’s resolve. It’s all just a billionaire behind the curtain.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
handing out water is actually a great challenge because it requires sensitivity (to apply just the right amount of grip pressure)
so it’s a great way to demonstrate sensitivity of the machine.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
wow its been a minute since ive seen this
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not my fault there’s constant “shit site” reference/sources.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Upside: Service workers can now work from home
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Reality: Prisoners can and will be required to work as service workers from their prison cells.
Rooster326@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I, for one, can’t wait till the inevitable robot murder committed vicariously via a Prison worker controlling a robot.
plyth@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
With 24h surveillance prisons are not needed, just the mandatory work.
LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
It’s called capitalist innovation, sweaty
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
ah god damnit that’s fucking bleak and i know you’re right…
billwashere@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well shit….
CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
If I send in my robot does that mean I don’t need to commute?
howrar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This is something that can happen with an autonomous robot if it was trained via imitation learning, which is one of the common ways of doing things when using transformers, and transformers are in vogue right now.
But knowing how tech demonstrations usually work, it’s much more likely that this is actually just a robot being remote controlled by another human.
desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Yeah, Elon’s tech demos are usually remote controlled
mvirts@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just imagine it was your hand instead of that tiny water bottle.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
you misspelled penis. We all know the end game for these robots.
lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The polite word is “cylinder”
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thanks I needed that
hark@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Droptimus.
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Maybe it was trying to end its tortured existence like those prototype replacement models in Robocop II…
AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago

Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Why it look like whoever was controlling it just took their headset off? User takes viser off robot falls from lack of user controls? Tell me this was not actually just another mechanical turk.
Taldan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It was AI – Actually Indians
floppybiscuits@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Anonymous Indians since we’ve never met them
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
i read that omg seems its always just a room full of exploited humans.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Reminds me of the scene from Robocop 2 when they are introducing new robocop models and one literally rips his helmet off and his skull just screams. As a kid I found it both funny and scary at the same time.
danc4498@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is legit a bit horrifying. The robot ripped its own consciousness out of his body and died.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
One would think there would be a failsafe buffer in there, for at least a few seconds.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
It’s how you know it was smart.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Surrogates coming true I see.
kokesh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
musk is such a clown.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This is why I know Elon won’t get that ridiculous bonus. He has to sell a million of these robots.
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
It can’t even keep itself upright without teleoperation?
altphoto@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Thr question is can that thing jack me off and can it look much less creepy?
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
The most recent Defunctland video made me believe we might actually see full autonomous robots performing pretty rudimentary tasks while looking humanoid in the relatively near future. This uh… Isn’t that.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lmao
Aganim@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What is this from?
Aganim@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s a scene from 1990’s RoboCop 2.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What I thought of immediately.
Sunflier@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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KenOh@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
I came here expecting to post it myself, delighted to not have to put in the effort.
VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Kind of what I hoped happened, without the corpse. Could have been cool to see it rip its head off.