You don’t have to put people in prisons. Optimus robots to follow criminals to stop them from committing crime. What can and will go wrong???

[d01tg0d0wn]

Elon Says His Robot Will Follow Criminals Around to Make Sure They Never Offend Again

Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered an idea to curtail crime during his latest meeting with the board of directors: robots that stalk criminals.

futurism.com

Just when you thought Elon Musk was finally done meddling in the affairs of downtrodden Americans, he comes right back with a bang.

At a recent Tesla shareholder meeting, the world’s richest man wasted no time sharing his latest asinine idea: criminals should be let out of prison and stalked by one of the company’s Optimus robots, which will make sure they don’t commit any more crimes.

“Y’know we might maybe able to give people a more — if somebody’s committed crime — a more humane form of containment of future crime,” Musk stammered. “Which is if you say, like, you now get a free Optimus and it’s just gonna follow you around and stop you from doing crime. But other than that you get to do anything. It’s just gonna stop you from committing crime, that’s really it. You don’t have to put people in prisons and stuff, I think.”

That quote, first flagged by Electrek, is the latest brain blast from a man who was awarded a $1 trillion pay package by a shareholder vote this month.

There are so many questions it’s hard to know where to even start. How will the lumbering Optimus robots possibly prevent crime in their current state? Who’s paying for this? What are the ethical implications of using a for-profit robotics platform either as an alternative or an augmentation — as usual, Musk was light on details — to the jam-packed prison and criminal justice systems?

At this point in Musk’s career, of course, it’s a fools errand to tease much meaning out of his off-the-cuff ramblings. Still, it’s worth paying attention to, at least in theory, if for no other reason than the simple fact that Musk is one of the most powerful men in the history of the US.

As Electrek points out, the real story is Tesla’s shareholders voting against their material interests, diluting their own voting rights in order to give Musk even more money and power — though of course, if AI becomes as powerful as he says it will, it’ll clearly outperform him by an immense margin.
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I liked the movie Robocop but this is getting a little to ridiculous at this point

imagine just walking the street and seeing people in public with an Optimus and all you keep hearing is "Drop It" in Robocops voice. Going to the mall will defiantly suck even more then it already does although it might be slightly entertaining

 

[Hirudinea]

Elon Says His Robot Will Follow Criminals Around to Make Sure They Never Offend Again

Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered an idea to curtail crime during his latest meeting with the board of directors: robots that stalk criminals.

futurism.com

Just when you thought Elon Musk was finally done meddling in the affairs of downtrodden Americans, he comes right back with a bang.

At a recent Tesla shareholder meeting, the world’s richest man wasted no time sharing his latest asinine idea: criminals should be let out of prison and stalked by one of the company’s Optimus robots, which will make sure they don’t commit any more crimes.

“Y’know we might maybe able to give people a more — if somebody’s committed crime — a more humane form of containment of future crime,” Musk stammered. “Which is if you say, like, you now get a free Optimus and it’s just gonna follow you around and stop you from doing crime. But other than that you get to do anything. It’s just gonna stop you from committing crime, that’s really it. You don’t have to put people in prisons and stuff, I think.”

That quote, first flagged by Electrek, is the latest brain blast from a man who was awarded a $1 trillion pay package by a shareholder vote this month.

There are so many questions it’s hard to know where to even start. How will the lumbering Optimus robots possibly prevent crime in their current state? Who’s paying for this? What are the ethical implications of using a for-profit robotics platform either as an alternative or an augmentation — as usual, Musk was light on details — to the jam-packed prison and criminal justice systems?

At this point in Musk’s career, of course, it’s a fools errand to tease much meaning out of his off-the-cuff ramblings. Still, it’s worth paying attention to, at least in theory, if for no other reason than the simple fact that Musk is one of the most powerful men in the history of the US.

As Electrek points out, the real story is Tesla’s shareholders voting against their material interests, diluting their own voting rights in order to give Musk even more money and power — though of course, if AI becomes as powerful as he says it will, it’ll clearly outperform him by an immense margin.
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I liked the movie Robocop but this is getting a little to ridiculous at this point

imagine just walking the street and seeing people in public with an Optimus and all you keep hearing is "Drop It" in Robocops voice. Going to the mall will defiantly suck even more then it already does although it might be slightly entertaining

d01tg0d0wn
Someone put up the ED-209 video.

 

[d01tg0d0wn]

That would teach a criminal to not fook around

 

[Nink]

A 'free' robot? As in he is giving away robots or he expects the government to purchase a product of his with taxpayer dollars. heck I bet the junkies will knock them over and pull out all the copper.

 

[d01tg0d0wn]

Imagine copper thieves save humanity from the robot apocalypse. Perhaps John Connor is here after all and this was/is his master plan all along. Its brilliant to tell u the truth

 

[Shockadee]

Elon Says His Robot Will Follow Criminals Around to Make Sure They Never Offend Again

Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered an idea to curtail crime during his latest meeting with the board of directors: robots that stalk criminals.

futurism.com

Just when you thought Elon Musk was finally done meddling in the affairs of downtrodden Americans, he comes right back with a bang.

At a recent Tesla shareholder meeting, the world’s richest man wasted no time sharing his latest asinine idea: criminals should be let out of prison and stalked by one of the company’s Optimus robots, which will make sure they don’t commit any more crimes.

“Y’know we might maybe able to give people a more — if somebody’s committed crime — a more humane form of containment of future crime,” Musk stammered. “Which is if you say, like, you now get a free Optimus and it’s just gonna follow you around and stop you from doing crime. But other than that you get to do anything. It’s just gonna stop you from committing crime, that’s really it. You don’t have to put people in prisons and stuff, I think.”

That quote, first flagged by Electrek, is the latest brain blast from a man who was awarded a $1 trillion pay package by a shareholder vote this month.

There are so many questions it’s hard to know where to even start. How will the lumbering Optimus robots possibly prevent crime in their current state? Who’s paying for this? What are the ethical implications of using a for-profit robotics platform either as an alternative or an augmentation — as usual, Musk was light on details — to the jam-packed prison and criminal justice systems?

At this point in Musk’s career, of course, it’s a fools errand to tease much meaning out of his off-the-cuff ramblings. Still, it’s worth paying attention to, at least in theory, if for no other reason than the simple fact that Musk is one of the most powerful men in the history of the US.

As Electrek points out, the real story is Tesla’s shareholders voting against their material interests, diluting their own voting rights in order to give Musk even more money and power — though of course, if AI becomes as powerful as he says it will, it’ll clearly outperform him by an immense margin.
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I liked the movie Robocop but this is getting a little to ridiculous at this point

imagine just walking the street and seeing people in public with an Optimus and all you keep hearing is "Drop It" in Robocops voice. Going to the mall will defiantly suck even more then it already does although it might be slightly entertaining

d01tg0d0wnCharge up that EMP boys! Skynet is coming.

 

[Beers2Freedom]

I've seen this movie before. The criminals turn the robot into a criminal.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oK5nnA-KF64&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD

Or...the criminal walks into a chop shop, the robot walks in and never walks out.

 

[DripDrop]

View: https://x.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1989753227873509427

 

[Hirudinea]

I don't know who I'm more scared of, the robot or the Russian chick?

 

[TOPDAWG]

I hope they don't make one that sort of looks female if it follows a Jeet it's going to get raped.

 

[Rusty Canuckleford]

I missed this thread somehow.
Elon needs to lay off the weed.

 

[border_humper]

I don’t see how you market them as servants and prison guards and wife substitutes. But maybe that is all the same job.

 

[Hirudinea]

In 15 minute cities? Yes.

 

[ayn_rands_ghost]

I wonder how long they will be like that tv show Humans?

 

[brutana_dilewski]

So what happens when the robot needs a recharge and the criminal doesn't plug him in? My smartphone barely lasts 2 days, a goddamn robot would need mega powerbanks.

 

[Hirudinea]

That's why the robot revolution will be over in a week.

 

[d01tg0d0wn]

Elon is lying about its abilites to make you docile and think you can over power it. You may over power it until the switch is flipped at headquarters and you find out that in reality it was meant to always over power you and then it installs a chip in your head like it is a trained brain surgeon