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Allie G's avatar

To add the horror pile, Musk tweeted, about the carhop comparison photo, “We could put Optimus in a cute outfit too :)"

And as much as I would like to write this off as just another weird, horny Muskism, I think it is emblematic of one of the real problems of current tech culture: that the robots and AI we use to ostensibly minimize labor are highly gendered and used to reinforce the patriarchy.

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xDEADxCAPITALx's avatar

optimus will definitely NOT be bringing you your food next year

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defineandredefine's avatar

it'll be a dude in a silver leotard wearing a weird shiny black mask, won't it?

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JP's avatar

I can’t really tell since I’m looking at this in my phone, but I will recklessly speculate that he used “AI” to generate the food images.

A flying saucer-themed diner COULD work, like a space race relic you’d encounter on some less-traveled-than-it-once-was highway. But it would require human authenticity to create, and Musk lacks any of that.

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who's asking's avatar

Glad we can agree on corned beef hash.

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santiago's avatar

This question has already been answered by Obi-Wan Kenobi going to a greasy spoon on Coruscant and it still had the same vibe

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defineandredefine's avatar

Who actually wants any of this, apart from musk himself?

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Laurie C.'s avatar

It appears mainstream media is now all over the diner. Discourse ahead of the curve, as usual.

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