Elon Musk Optimus Robot: Elon Musk has always been showing big dreams of future technologies but what he said this time seems like a story from a sci-fi movie. Recently, in Tesla’s shareholder meeting, Musk claimed that in the future, humans will be able to upload their thoughts, memories and personality into Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus. According to Musk, the technology of creating a digital version of human consciousness and transferring it to a robotic body may be possible in the next 20 years.

When he was asked whether it would ever be possible to upload a human brain into Optimus, he clearly said that it would not happen immediately but it could become possible in the future through technologies like Neuralink. Musk believes that taking a digital mind snapshot of a person’s brain and inserting it into Optimus is not far beyond the reach of science.

What is Optimus?

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid was revealed to the world in 2021. It is designed to perform repetitive, tedious or dangerous tasks performed by humans. Its height is about 5 feet 8 inches, weight is about 56 kg and it is capable of walking easily, lifting things and doing simple daily tasks.

Optimus’s brain is powered by Tesla’s AI system, the same system that powers the company’s self-driving cars. Tesla wants to gradually develop it from an industrial worker to a household assistant.

But Musk’s recent statement takes its scope further. He says that with the help of Neuralink, it will one day be possible to put human mental data into robots. However, he also admitted that it would not be an exact copy, but would be a close digital version of the human brain. Musk also added an interesting thing: You are not the same today as you were five years ago. Thinking and personality keep changing continuously. His statement awakened the idea of ​​digital immortality in the minds of many.

Claim to end poverty

Musk not only talked about brain uploading, but also said that Optimus could be a big step towards ending global poverty. According to him, when robots can do most of the physical and repetitive tasks in the world, humans will be able to focus on creativity, education, research and innovation.

Tesla plans to make Optimus so affordable in the long run that every home can have a robot. Musk claims that this project can prove to be bigger and more effective than Tesla’s cars.

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