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> Yes but in this case it was clearly apparent to most and to those who spoke with the robot and believed it must have felt like morons for being filmed thinking they were real.

If you spoke with the robot and believed it was AI controlled you should feel like a moron, considering the robot explicitly stated that it was remote controlled in that demo. https://x.com/zhen9436/status/1844773471240294651/



I'm not sure why you don't seem to understand my point or what seems pretty clear to me what happened that night. Here are 2 points.

1) "that" demo? I never mentioned "a" demo. That one clip, which you found, the robot answers a specific question to one user.

There were hundreds of interactions that night, and in many that I saw atleast one person clearly didn't realise they were.

2) Regardless of whether it was their fault for being morons, my point is they FELT like morons, which TO ME is not good publicity.

I like Elon and I think the demos were incredibly, I am saying it weirded me out they were trying to pretend the robots were sentient, which I am sure they are not far away from. I just think it was short sighted. But maybe I give people too much credit.

I would 100% have not told anyone to pretend shit. It wasnt even required. It just made me feel uneasy about the products.




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