I think the writing was on the wall when the last update to Model S/X didn't really change anything other than adding lights inside and some other minor tweaks. It accounts 3% of total Tesla deliveries which is merely a rounding error when you compare it to 3/Y volume.

Boston Dynamic's bot is shit. A buddy's work owns one of their robot dogs to do some field job too dangerous/costly for human to go, but programming that shit took a year and half and even now it only kinda works by having a remote operator.

Think BD bots vs. Tesla bots as PDA phones vs. iPhone. What exactly did iPhone bring into the market that totally changed the way we use phone? It wasn't the most powerful phone when it launched. It wasn't the best equipped phone either.

It was because it's so simple to use that even my parents who never really got around using a PC despite my best effort, were able to use iPhone/iPads without taking any classes or lessons at all. They were so intuitive. One didn't need to read a user manual. You just swipe and worst case, press the home button to get out.

It's never about the best bot, nor most powerful, and nor the most agile. Every bot-making companies on Earth now face the same problem. How to make it work for regular folk? I'd love to see how Tesla is solving it. But if they can make a bot that even my folks can use, sky is the limit on where Tesla will go. S/X production line is a small price to pay.

Think about being able to own an army of robots that replace "you" on any chores. I would buy 10 of them for not even the 20-30k/pop figure that Musk is suggesting. Bill me 100k each and I will still take 10 of them. Things I can do with 10 ppl that works nearly 24/7 without pay without food without ever complaining? Making 1M back is nothing.

Is the Tesla bot really at that level though? I haven't followed the whole bot thing so I can't comment how viable Tesla's version actually is.

I agree for cutting edge technology, first to market isn't going to guarantee you a win, if anything you are showing people where the improvements need to be and when they roll out their own version it'll have overcome some of the challenges the first-to-market faced. I'm not sure honestly if this is the way forward yet, especially in manufacturer where purpose built robots I think are way better suited for those jobs. Bots would be for open ended tasks which frankly I don't think we are quite there yet.

Yea I wonder if the tech or ai is that good. What's stopping someone from using the bots to do something illegal? Go shoot ice, defend the house :considered: beat up the crack head