‘i,Robot’ Director Accuses Elon Musk Of Taking His Ideas For New Tesla Robot, Van and More: ‘Hey Elon, Can I Have My Designs Back Please?’

On Thursday, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, unveiled a long-awaited glimpse into the future with models for their new self-driving prototypes: the cybercab and the robovan. Also at the celebration was the new Tesla robot optimus, serving up drinks and engaging with the crowds.

Whether or not the Optimus robot was actually fully autonomous or, rather, puppeteered from afar is (very) debatable.

However, one person who seemed pretty certain about the origin of these designs was “I, Robot” director Alex Proyas. The director posted his complaint directly to Muskc’s social media of choice, X, commenting, “Hey Elon, Can I have my designs back please?”

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