New Report Shows That Tesla Robot Allegedly Attacked And Stabbed An Assembly Line Worker In The Back
Source - A Tesla engineer was attacked by a robot during a brutal and bloody malfunction at the company's Giga Texas factory near Austin.
Two witnesses watched in horror as their fellow employee was attacked by the machine designed to grab and move freshly cast aluminum car parts.
The robot had pinned the man, who was then programming software for two disabled Tesla robots nearby, before sinking its metal claws into the worker's back and arm, leaving a 'trail of blood' along the factory surface.
The incident - which left the victim with an 'open wound' on his left hand - was revealed in a 2021 injury report filed to Travis county and federal regulators, which has been reviewed by DailyMail.com.
The injury report, which Tesla must submit to authorities by law to maintain its lucrative tax breaks in Texas, claimed the engineer did not require time off of work. But one attorney who represents Tesla's Giga Texas contract workers has told DailyMail.com she believes, based on her conversations with workers there, that the amount of injuries suffered at the factory is going underreported.
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Listen, I'm not a conspiracy guy. I'm not one of these people who stays up at night worrying about "AI." As far as I'm concerned that train has left the station. AI exists, it will become more advanced, and there's nothing we can do about it. No sense in worrying over something I can't control. Right now I'm more focused on lowing my A1C so I don't die at 34...
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Having said that, I'm pretty sure that this was NOT the attack anyone was expecting when it came to artificial intelligence. To be honest it's kinda lame. I was hoping for an all out West World style uprising, not some guy getting pinned down by a claw designed to assemble a Tesla Model Y. Then again, maybe this is how it starts...
Some more details...
The scant November 10, 2021, entry describes how a 'laceration, cut, open wound' was inflicted on an 'engineer' for which the 'cause object' was a 'robot.'
The two eyewitnesses to the event — which occurred in the section of the Texas factory floor where vehicle chassis are first assembled — told reporters for The Information a more harrowing story, however.
As the bleeding Tesla engineer attempted to wrestle free from the assembly robot's grasp, another worker hit an emergency 'stop' button to end the attack.
Once free, the engineer fell 'a couple of feet down a chute designed to collect scrap aluminum, leaving a trail of blood behind him,' according to The Information, a subscription-based tech news site.
So yeah, I guess the word "attack" and "malfunction" are being used interchangeably now. Regardless, I wouldn't be surprised if more people started coming out of the woodwork with these types of stories which are scary, but not exactly I,Robot level scary. I'll be concerned once these things start walking around on the street. Until then, I'll be focusing on getting my sugars down. The consequences are much more dire. Thanks for reading.