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Musk Floats Using Tesla’s Optimus Robots to Shadow Convicts and Prevent New Crimes

Optimus has not launched, with Tesla targeting production in California next year.

Overview

  • Musk proposed Optimus trailing convicted people to deter or stop new crimes, calling it a more humane alternative to prison.
  • The plan came without technical, legal or funding details, drawing questions over feasibility, costs and civil liberties.
  • He cast the robot as an “infinite money glitch,” saying it could expand the global economy by 10 to 100 times.
  • He said Neuralink might one day upload an approximate snapshot of a mind to an Optimus body, possibly within two decades.
  • Tesla investors at the same meeting approved a pay package for Musk that could near $1 trillion if performance targets are met.