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[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 months ago

In the video, when he's talking about the robot Optimus, he claims that at scale this will cost $20-30K and goes on to say "this will be the biggest product ever of any kind" and "everyone of the 8 billion people one earth will want their Optimus buddy".

Dude. Most people on this planet can barely afford a $1,000 smart phone.

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

“Let them eat cake”

— another famous rich person, shortly before she got what she deserved.

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake

Appears not to be the case. I was curious about the full context, and that context is that it almost certainly didn't actually happen.

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hush, you ;)

But, yes, Marie Antoinette probably never said it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau very likely made it up.

Nonetheless, it’s prescient legend.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

"Let them take ketamine."

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

“this will be the biggest product ever of any kind” and “everyone of the 8 billion people one earth will want their Optimus buddy”.

Dude. Most people on this planet can barely afford a $1,000 smart phone.

First, there are a shockingly high number of people walking around with a $1k smart phone, but I think that speaks more to people buying on credit.

Sadly if a company can replace a worker with a $30k robot, he won't be wrong that lots would be sold. I have serious doubts these will be replacing humans in the short term.

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The shockingly high number of people with high end phones are still, by global standards, pretty damn rich.

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