Macrohard or Digital Optimus is a joint xAI-Tesla project, coming as part of Teslaโs investment agreement with xAI.
Grok is the master conductor/navigator with deep understanding of the world to direct digital Optimus, which is processing and actioning the past 5 secs of real-time computer screen video and keyboard/mouse actions. Grok is like a much more advanced and sophisticated version of turn-by-turn navigation software.
You can think of it as Digital Optimus AI being System 1 (instinctive part of the mind) and Grok being System 2. (thinking part of the mind).
This will run very competitively on the super low cost Tesla AI4 ($650) paired with relatively frugal use of the much more expensive xAI Nvidia hardware. And it will be the only real-time smart AI system. This is a big deal.
In principle, it is capable of emulating the function of entire companies. That is why the program is called MACROHARD, a funny reference to Microsoft.
No other company can yet do this.
Claude can now build interactive charts and diagrams, directly in the chat.
Available today in beta on all plans, including free.
Try it out: https://t.co/tHPAZRgQkn
If you sit to code today pick one of two `modes` you are in -
1. Learning mode - turn off ai, read docs, spend time doing tough problems, gratification is learning something new and not the speed of implementation.
2. Implementation mode - Coding tools (cursor etc) have gotten really good. Make it cruise through writing code while you watch netflix or sm.
2 is more fun if you've spent a few hours doing 1.