• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    To make you feel better, this was the remote operator, that makes the robot appear autonomous, removing their headset before handing control off to someone else to keep the lie going.

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      One would think there would be a failsafe buffer in there, for at least a few seconds.

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        Nono, this is an Elon product. The bare minimum to sell the illusion is all you get even after years of r&d and actual sales on the books.

        How he’s not in jail for fraud is one of many marks against modern capitalism and its stranglehold on governments…

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        It’s likely there was an “idle” script the operator was supposed to trigger before making the swap.