1 MAN AT A PARTY TRADED NAMES, JOKES AND FASHION ADVICE WITH A TESLA OPTIMUS FOR 32 SECONDS.
Evening venue. Lanyards, glow necklaces, a crowd pressing in on all sides.
Black visor with a white light running around it. TESLA across the chest plate.
The man goes first.
"I'm Optimus." "Okay, my name is Tony."
"Nice to meet you too, buddy."
Then Tony asks the only question any man asks a 5-foot-10 stranger.
"Hey, can you, uh, shoot like jump shots?"
The answer doesn't come back as a spec sheet. It comes back as a joke with a little status in it.
"Hmm. Maybe one day I'll teach you."
Tony laughs. "Yeah, awesome. Thank you, Tony. Much appreciated, all right man."
Then the robot changes the subject.
"You like Balenciaga? I've got an outfit for you."
Assume a human operator is in the loop somewhere. Tesla has run these units with remote help at events before, and nothing here proves otherwise.
Watch the crowd anyway. Nobody is checking. Nobody wants to check.
He didn't talk to a machine. He talked to a guy named Optimus.