Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements
Jtsummers · hn · 2026-09-26
Per Ars Technica, Tesla workers are being asked to train Optimus humanoid robots but resist, fearing they're teaching their own replacements. The tension highlights a real deployment problem: robot rollouts depend on frontline workers' domain knowledge, yet those workers have little incentive to cooperate. HN discussion covers labor dynamics in automation transitions.
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