Social RoboticsTesla Optimus robots at We, Robot event were human-assisted
Robots that served drinks and chatted with guests were reportedly overseen by remote operators.
At Tesla's We, Robot event, Optimus humanoids walked among guests, danced, mixed drinks and chatted with attendees. Bloomberg, The Verge and others then reported that many of those interactions were remotely supervised by Tesla staff, and one robot bartender told a guest it was being assisted by a human. TechCrunch noted this had not been made clear to attendees at the time. The episode fuelled debate about transparency when robots appear to converse autonomously with the public.
Source: TechCrunch
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