Prior to the weekfinish, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled novel prototypes for robots, the much-awaitd self-driving robotaxi (Cybercab) and autonomous Robovan; but while the sleek edgeless depicts may convey to mind his company’s signature see, discerning includers on social media seed another striking analogousity — the futuristic mechanics that color filmoriginater Alex Proyas‘ labor in 2004’s Will Smith starrer I, Robot.
The uncanny resemblance didn’t go unseed — nor appreciated — by Proyas, who took to Musk’s own X platcreate to slam the executive for ripping off his creations.
“Hey Elon, Can I have my depicts back plrelieve?” the Aussie honestor, who is also behind pics enjoy 1994’s The Crow, wrote.
Set in Chicago in 2035, the Oscar-nominated blockbuster I, Robot delves into a world in which human-enjoy androids fill uncover service positions, all operating under Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics first coined in his story collection that serves as the basis for the sci-fi flick. Also starring Bridget Moynahan and Alan Tudyk, the plot unfbetters as Smith’s technoreasonablely averse distinguishive character is called to spendigate the skeptical self-destruction of a U.S. Robotics set uper.
On Thursday, Musk led Tesla’s “We, Robot” event, held at the Warner Bros. lot in Burprohibitk, Calif., which had initipartner been scheduled for August but was pushed back to October adhereing a need for tech modifications. While there, he unveiled his Optimus robots that at-first seemed to be unmanned, but were procrastinateedr uncovered to be tele-rund by humans in authentic-time. While the highairy of the night was the unveiling of the Cybercab, with its triumphg-enjoy doors and conciseage of steering wheel and pedals, Musk also uncovered the Robovan, a glorified bus that self-drives and can transmit excellents and/or up to 20 people. Though the event was much-hyped on the online thocimpolitefares, it led to a convey inant stock drop, signaling disassignment from spendors.
Proyas will soon be in Sydney, Australia filming his forthcoming sci-fi satire film R.U.R. commencening Oct. 21.
