Do We Want It to Be Human Shaped?

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I don't see why it has to be human shape at all. I think you could get away with gerser shopping was just like a wally robot, not even a robot but maybe a person that you can hire. And the question, do we want it to be human shaped because it's friendlier, or people will be more accepting of it? Like, are we willing to put in more engineering money and dollars to make it balance on two legs, basically? But i actually think it was, would be totally fine to have a bunch of robots. We're already kind of there. Even my thermis sat right now as a robot.

This week, Marques and Andrew discuss the new, slightly crazy announcement from Tesla: the Tesla Bot! Tesla Bot is a planned humanoid robot that will be able to help people with everyday, boring/repetitive tasks. But this announcement begs the question: is a humanoid robot really the best option? Marques and Andrew debate that conundrum, as well as read questions from the community Discord to see how people think Tesla Bot might help humanity in the future.

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