Musk unveils new $20K robot... as AI experts call the Optimus bot a 'complete and utter scam'

After months of tweets and teases, Elon Musk Tesla's new humanoid Optimus robot was slammed by AI and robotics experts during its unveiling on Friday. Despite the high-octane lights and music that surrounded it, the company's human-shaped robot did not deliver bells and whistles at its AI Day presentation in Palo Alto, California. 'None of this is cutting edge,' tweeted robotics expert Cynthia Yeung. 'Hire some PhDs and go to some robotics conferences @Tesla.' The robot was meant to be the star for the tech giant's conference, as Musk claimed it would'be a fundamental transformation for civilization as we know it.'