'I, Robot' Director Calls Out Elon Musk For Being An Uncreative Loser

I don’t remember when I first heard about Elon Musk. I had no idea who he was when he appeared in Iron Man 2. Even when he showed up on The Simpsons, I couldn’t be bothered to learn who he was. I won’t pretend I had some foresight into how much of a racist s***heel he would reveal himself to be. There was just never any interest on my part to discover more about the South African mega-investor. Being mostly familiar with Musk in his later years has at least proven interesting.

There is no shimmer to this man. I didn’t spend years thinking he would save mankind or some similar nonsense. His connections to electric vehicles feel more like a detriment than a positive. There was never a point in time when I saw any clothes on this emperor. Instead, I’ve seen a bitter, racist, selfish man use his absurd wealth to attempt to mold the Earth in his image. Musk’s political involvement will have a greater impact than anything he’s ever paid others to make. However, he still has to keep that game going.

Tesla hosted an event called We, Robot meant to show off the company’s developments in robotics. The event featured robots, a robotaxi, and a robovan. I’d like to tell you that it was a massive embarrassment, but there are too many tech losers tweeting their support. Too many people with too much money thought Musk’s sham presentation was rad because, like him, they are losers who don’t spend much time interacting with human beings. However, the market was not as easily impressed and Tesla’s stock dropped after the event.

We, Robot was supposed to show that Tesla was ready to roll out robotaxis and robot bartenders. Instead, it was made clear that Tesla is not close to having autonomous robots and cars and instead made a very expensive Chuck-E-Cheese exhibit. Musk pretended he was riding off into the future in a taxi with only two seats, but everything was being controlled by engineers.

Not only was the dog and pony show a lot of smoke and mirrors, but it also enforced the idea that Musk is not an idea man. He simply has enough generational wealth to pay for other people’s ideas. The man has built a career on buying something and taking credit for its existence. He has been called out by people in the past, and now, director Alex Proyas is adding his name to that list.

Proyas, who is no stranger to speaking his mind, directed the 2004 film I, Robot, named after the book by Isaac Asimov. If you’re paying attention, you’ll already notice that Musk and crew lazily altered Asimov’s title. But Proyas can’t complain on Asimov’s behalf. Instead, he’s pointing out how Tesla ripped off his designs from the Will Smith starring film, and… he doesn’t appear to be wrong.

Hey Elon, Can I have my designs back please? #ElonMusk #Elon_Musk pic.twitter.com/WPgxHevr6E

— Alex Proyas (@alex_proyas) October 13, 2024

“Hey Elon, Can I have my designs back please,” the director asked on Twitter, sharing a side-by-side comparison of Musk’s event and Proyas’s film. The similarities are uncanny. I’d say they were shocking, but Musk throwing a party so celebrate something he didn’t create or design is as on-brand as you can get.