Washington Post: Musk and Billionaires Push to Make Human Labor Obsolete via Physical AI and Optimus Robots
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The Washington Post reports on Elon Musk's plan to make human labor obsolete through Optimus humanoid robots and physical AI, with other billionaires now joining the effort. The piece examines the convergence of robotics and AI as multiple companies race to deploy humanoid robots at scale. This comes as Musk has merged xAI with SpaceX and pivoted resources toward physical-world AI applications following the Sora-to-robotics pivot at OpenAI.