“Hey Elon, can I have my designs back please? »

On Thursday, Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk revealed a long-awaited glimpse into the future with models for his new autonomous prototypes: the Cybercab and the Robovan. The new Tesla robot Optimus was also at the celebration, serving drinks and interacting with the crowd.

Whether the Optimus robot is actually fully autonomous or rather remotely manipulated is (very) debatable.

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However, one person who seemed fairly certain of the origin of these creations was “I, Robot” director Alex Proyas. The director posted his complaint directly to Muskc’s favorite social network, X, commenting: “Hey Elon, can I have my designs back please?”

The post contained side-by-side images of the autonomous police force from “I, Robot” next to the robot Optimus, transportation in the 2004 film next to Tesla’s robot van, and a futuristic car from Proyas’ film next to the cybercab.

The 2004 film starring Will Smith is set in the future world of Chicago in 2035, inspired by the 1950 short story collection by famous science fiction author Isaac Asimov. The plot centers on a detective (Smith) trying to unravel a puzzling murder that may or may not have been caused by a member of the standalone police force named Sonny (played by Alan Tudyk).

Such action should be impossible because all robots of the future are governed by the science fiction trope, “the three laws of robotics.” Law number one, a robot cannot hurt a human being. Law number two, a robot must obey orders given by humans unless they conflict with the first law. conflict with the First Law. And law number three, a robot must protect itself if it does not conflict with the first or second law. But here’s the thing: the detective hates robots and their stupid laws, so it’s crazy that he alone is tasked with solving this case.

Best known for his work directing “The Crow” (the 1994 version) and the 1998 film “Dark City,” Proyas has recently written his thoughts on AI and the film industry in general for his Patreon account and is currently in production on another sci-fi film. the film “RUR”

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