The Director Of 'I, Robot' Has Slammed Elon Musk For Ripping Off The Movie's Designs
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Australian filmmaker Alex Proyas and his colleague Matt Granger called Elon Musk out on social media for copying their designs. At the Warner Bros lot, Elon Musk presented several new ideas for the future, including the Robotaxi, the Robovan, Cybercab, and a general-purpose robot, Optimus.
There is something very familiar about them. This is probably why Proyas tweeted the owner of X, asking, "Hey Elon, Can I have my designs back please?"’ Matt Granger was decidedly less polite. Both men worked on the movie I, Robot, which is where the inspiration is said to have come from. Musk even called the show at the Warner Lot, We, Robot.
I, Robot came out in 2004 and starred Will Smith. It was a hit with audiences and was nominated for a Best Visual Effects Oscar. However, it doesn’t make sense why Elon Musk is so obsessed with it.
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The movie is loosely based on an Issac Asimov short story. The author used robots as a metaphor to humanise immigration after his family fled to America to escape the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Issac Asimov’s messaging in his books and novels is decidedly the opposite of Elon Musk’s politics.
To make Elon Musk’s design choice more confusing, an AI is the villain of I, Robot. The intelligence tries to take over the world, and its creator (an elderly man) is held hostage until he has no choice but to end his own life. AI is a central part of the tech Elon Musk is selling, especially for the Cybercab, which relies on it for navigation. It’s strange messaging. Let’s hope Elon doesn’t expect his products to try to kill us all.
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