Watch Tesla Optimus robot pranking back at the customer

Tesla is developing its humanoid robot named Optimus. On the journey of this real-world AI implementation, Elon Musk’s company is going through some interesting scenarios.

In addition to its factories, Tesla is also testing the 2nd-generation Optimus robots at the Tesla Diner in Hollywood, California. What’s Optimus doing at a diner? Serving popcorn to visitors — yes, seriously!

Officially, Tesla has nicknamed it Poptimus — because of its job description. This is a 2nd-generation Optimus robot prototype colored in black (Tesla deployed a white Gen-2 Optimus here initially).

Above: Official Tesla video showing Optimus serving popcorn (thus Poptimus) at the Tesla Diner in Hollywood.

In a recent video (the one below), recorded at the Tesla Diner, a Tesla Optimus made a surprising move. When a person approached Poptimus with an empty popcorn bag, he intentionally pulled his hand back pranking the robot.

What happened next was surprising. The black Optimus pranked back at the popcorn buyer. Tesla’s humanoid robot pulled its hand back twice before handing the popcorn to Mr. Jay.

Jay happens to be a Korean YouTuber. He goes by the moniker of ‘Channel Korean Jay’ on his video channels and social media profiles.

Apparently, the AI of Optimus believes in the lesson “As you sow, so shall you reap”. Therefore, it repeated the same behavior it was treated with.

Video:  Optimus pranking back at the YouTuber while handing him over popcorn.

Tesla recently unveiled the golden-colored Optimus 2.5. This new version of the 2nd-generation Optimus robot is a prelude to the upcoming upgraded and fine-tuned 3rd-generation Optimus humanoid robot.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised to bring a dance troupe of Optimus robots to this year’s annual shareholder meeting of the company.

Tesla Optimus, Full Self-Driving, Robotaxi, AI, and energy storage are redefining Tesla’s core business. The tech & AI-based automaker is not going to rely only on electric cars as its main business in the future, and Optimus could hold the majority of the company’s sales.

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Featured image: Channel Korean Jay / YouTube.

Note: This article was published earlier on Tesla Oracle. Author: Iqtidar Ali.