Malia Mendez | (TNS) Los Angeles TimesTesla’s Robovan may operate autonomously, but according to one sci-fi director, Elon Musk doesn’t. Last week Musk presented Tesla’s latest prototypes for its autonomous electric bus, the self-driving Cybercab and robotic humanoid Optimus, aka Tesla bot. But the automotive executive’s purported state-of-the-art designs bear a striking resemblance to those from a sci-fi film released two decades ago. The products were unveiled at last week’s “We, Robot” event — whose title clearly alludes to the Isaac Asimov short story collection on which Proyas’ film is based. Representatives for Proyas and Musk did not reply immediately to The Times’ request for comment Monday.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 15, 2024 19:01 UTC