Elon Musk reacts to hoop-shooting robot at Tokyo Olympics, says 'no contest'

While US team’s defeat against France in Basketball at Tokyo Olympics came as a shocker, it was a hoop-shooting robot that stole show. 6 feet 10 inches machine, designed by Toyota and called Cue, sank a basket from free-throw line, hit a three-pointer and even mand to sink one from half-court. human-sized robot wowed viewers during halftime of show with its skills, and it even caught attention of X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. 

Videos of robot taking free throws at Tokyo Olympics has taken internet by storm. In clip, one can see Cue wheeling around court. According to DailyMail, robot pulls off its feat by using a range of sensors, 3D mapping techlogy and algorithms to figure out where basket is located and line up its shot. It n justs motors in its arms and legs to create perfect angle and apply just right amount of force to make shot.

' contest'

It was only a matter of time that Musk got hold of clip and explained capabilities of computers over humans. A Twitter user shared video of Cue hoop-shooting and tagged Musk. In caption, user said that artificial intelligence (AI) can do things that humans could before. 

In response, Musk explained that computers are “absurdly” more accurate than humans. tech tycoon said that it is t a contest. He ded that humans take longer to render one frame of a modern video game at low resolution, while computers will do high resolution at 120 frames per second. 

Meanwhile, as per reports, while robot has proved a crowd-pleaser, its designers said it has helped m understand how to build robots that can accurately mimic human movement which has multiple practical uses. Such robots could ultimately end up doing hard labour jobs which are arduous for people to do, such as picking crops, making deliveries, and working in factories. Designers said that Cue’s name is a d to se practical implications - reflecting idea techlogy can serve as a cue, or signal of great things to come.