‘I, Robot’ director claims Elon Musk is stealing his ideas
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- Oct 14, 2024
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Mon 14 October 2024 10:53, UK
Alex Proyas, the director of I, Robot, has claimed that Elon Musk is stealing his ideas as the Tesla CEO unveils new robotic models.
Elon Musk recently unveiled new prototypes for new and futuristic Tesla products and technological abilities. In the spotlight were the new models of their self-driving car prototypes, the ‘cybercab’ and the ‘robovan’, which are both futuristic and dystopian in their own right.
But at the event, drinks were served to the guests by the new Tesla robot optimus, which was engaging with the crowd. The optimus is a humanoid robot that they say is autonomous and “capable of performing unsafe, repetitive or boring tasks” for humans. Some claim that the bots are actually controlled from afar as one robot admitted to a guest on video, “Today I’m assisted by a human, I’m not yet fully autonomous.”
Either way, the sight of the robots wandering free through the party was strange for guests. “The Optimus robots will walk among you. Please be nice,” Musk said to his guests after saying that he believed, eventually, these bots would change the world, claiming, “This will be the biggest product ever—of any kind.”
During the event, as the new self-driving car prototypes were unveiled, the robots walked around the party, serving drinks, talking to guests and even playing rock-paper-scissors. But for Alex Proyas, who directed the 2004 film I, Robot, starring Will Smith, this has all been seen before.
“Hey Elon, Can I have my designs back please?” Proyas wrote on X, Elon Musk’s social media platform. Alongside the message, he posted a selection of images from the Tesla event alongside stills of his movie. The similarities between the movie’s autonomous police force and futuristic transport, new to Tesla’s optimus bot and new robovan and cybercab are striking.
Musk hardly hides the influence of Proyas’ film as the event was called “We, Robot”, using his own take on the film title to market this new range of robots and self-driving vehicles.
Proyas’ film deals with the ethics of robotics, based on an old 1950 short story collection by science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov. The story sees Will Smith’s character attempting to solve a murder that may have been committed by a robot police officer.
Beyond I, Robot, Proyas is best known for directing the 1994 film The Crow, which starred Brandon Lee, who died on set after a fatal accident with a prop gun. Currently, the director is in production for a new sci-fi film, R.U.R.
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