Tesla Unveils the Optimus Robot - Tech Insiders News, October 2022
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Today’s image generated by Midjourney, prompt: «Bruce Willis wearing a Virtual Reality headset» (Inspired by the links below.) Full image at the bottom of the article.
- Driving The News: During the Tesla AI days, Elon Musk and his team revealed the Optimus, an all-purpose humanoid robot.
The Robot could help in many areas, for repetitive tasks and especially in factories where it will be tested by Tesla.
Elon Musk sees this robot as a massive help for humanity, where difficult/repetitive/boring jobs will not be needed anymore.
The paradox: Elon Musk knows the dangers of AI, but he builds a robot powered by AI. He addressed these concerns during the event, but who knows how AI will evolve? - Bruce Willis, who ended his career due to aphasia, had supposedly given rights to an AI company to generate fake movies using his face.
Oh wait - It might not be true, Why It Matters: deepfake - AI-generated fake videos - are inevitable, and currently, there is no clear policy on it, so it’s interesting to see that this might set a precedent and that others might follow, even if false!
Midjourney-generated Bruce Willis below, and a surprise at the bottom of the article! - The new Magic Leap mixed-reality headset is out!
The first version was all-purpose, while this one is dedicated to enterprises.
Where It Stands: the competition is high, with, amongst many others, Microsoft leading the way with the Microsoft Hololens usages for the military. Will Magic Leap manage to rise to the top? - What we want to use: Niantic and 8th Wall are releasing Lightship VPS, a location technology for Augmented Reality experiences that enables centimeter-level accuracy in supported cities.
It will now be easier to build location-based augmented reality experiences for the web - with 8th Wall, no need for apps!
The potential is enormous for city-wide gaming and tourism! It’s an augmented reality metaverse digital twin of the city!
Ok enough reading, time for the bonus: the full image generated by Midjourney with the prompt «Bruce Willis wearing a Virtual Reality headset».