Elon Musk accused of copying designs by I, Robot director
Elon Musk accused of copying designs by I, Robot director
Reuters
The director of 2004 sci-fi film I, Robot has accused billionaire Elon Musk of copying his designs for humanoid machines and self-driving vehicles. At a Tesla event on Thursday, Musk unveiled Tesla's futuristic Cybercab, complete with winged doors and no steering wheel or pedals, and a new look at its Optimus robots. But the "We, Robot" showcase, playing on the title of an Isaac Asimov short story collection, also caught the eye of I, Robot director Alex Proyas. The filmmaker, whose film stars Will Smith as a detective sceptical of seemingly obedient androids, accused Musk of copying his work in a post on X. "Hey Elon, can I have my designs back please," Proyas said in a post viewed 6.4 million times.
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The Australian film director said he had worked with a "very talented design team" to create the film's visuals in a response to someone querying their own originality in a comment on an Instagram post. "Elon Musk on the other hand has a not so talented design team who watched a lot of movies, including I, Robot it seems," he said. Patrick Tatopoulos, the film's production designer, later reposted the image comparing the film's designs and images from Tesla's event side by side in his own post on Instagram. "Maybe it is just me, or should I feel honoured that Elon found some inspiration in my I, Robot designs," Mr Tatopoulos wrote. "Either way it?s fun to watch," he added.
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