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Will Optimus have a physical kill switch? (asked on X)

“I think one of the things that's going to be important is to have a localized ROM chip on the robot that cannot be updated over the air. Where if you, for example, were to say, “Stop, stop, stop,” if anyone said that, then the robot would stop, you know, type of thing. And that's not updatable remotely. I think it's going to be important to have safety features like that.”

— Elon Musk, 14 April 2022 · Watch: Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works -- live at TED2022 · 7:09 ↗