RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Elon Musk advised Saudi buyers he pitched President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on tens of hundreds of thousands of “humanoid robots” and autonomous automobiles throughout his dialog with the 2 leaders on Tuesday.
“We just showed several of our Tesla Optimus robots to His Highness and President Trump, and I think they were very impressed. In fact, one of our robots did the Trump dance, which they thought was pretty cool,” Musk mentioned.
“We’re headed to a radically different world.”
The world’s richest man, 53, was noticed talking with Trump and MbS at an funding lunch earlier within the afternoon in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom, shaking their fingers and smiling.
“I think everyone will have a personal robot,” Musk predicted about the way forward for know-how, evaluating it to R2-D2 from “Star Wars.”
Musk had shared a video of the robotic dancing the day earlier than on X.
The Division of Authorities Effectivity founder, who has not too long ago stepped again barely from his authorities duties, has been pushing the Tesla robots for months, touting the improved software program of the robots.
“The rate of improvement is indeed rapid. There will be a legion of Optimus robots this year,” Musk wrote on X in April.
The technological enhancements of robots will upend the financial system when it comes to taking up jobs, Musk has predicted previously.
“Robots will surpass good human surgeons within a few years and the best human surgeons within ~5 years,” he wrote in an X put up final month.
Musk additionally advised the world leaders about constructing autonomous automobiles and the newest developments of his Boring Firm, which has developed a way of tunneling with out human presence.
