Dozens of media outlets have published an alleged story in the last few hours. Tesla’scompany electric vehicles governing Elon Muskwas attacked by a person robot. It didn’t happen that way.
This interpretation of what happened is part of the diary sensational English daily mail. An article published on December 26 explains that a worker at the company’s Giga Texas factory near Austin, USA, was “ATTACKED by a robot (in capital letters) during a brutal and bloody breakdown.”
The tabloid would have accessed a Tesla injury report dated 2021 describing the incident. While the engineer was programming two disabled robots, another machine, still operational, immobilized it. The article states that “he sank his metal claws into the worker’s back and arm, leaving a mark.” blood The injury report states that the accident only caused an “open wound” on his left hand and that he does not need to apply for compensation. sick leave.
It’s not an attack, it’s an accident
In what way daily mail and other media outlets report that the accident was symptomatic and that verbs such as “attack” were used to imply that the robot acted autonomously and of its own will, which is not true.
Words are important, but images are also important. The British tabloid and other media outlets accompany this “news” with the following photos: OptimusTesla’s anthropomorphic robot ‘contributes to feeding widespread and false ideas’terminator‘.
Moreover, these robots have nothing to do with the machine involved in the accident. The machine involved is an industrial mechanical arm from the company Kuka, a tool designed to machine freshly cast aluminum parts for Tesla cars.
Specialized environment Information reported this work accident in mid-November. Two Tesla factory workers stated that the robot involved in the incident was “accidentally left running.” The “attack” was actually the “normal movements” it was programmed for. The machine stopped when another worker pressed the emergency button.
“It’s a real shame that the media is bringing this issue up. hurt “Two years ago (…) and now he’s insinuating that it’s because of Optimus,” Musk lamented. Workplace accidents are a newsworthy concern and in the public interest, but this idea artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming conscious and threatening humanity, for now science fiction. Many experts have condemned that big technology companies are spreading this alarmist mentality in line with economic interests. The goal of capturing readers’ attention and making money also causes some media organizations to fall into this trap.