Amid the accelerating integration of artificial intelligence and robotics, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again put forward a shocking vision. In response to a recent case in Canada where a patient died due to long waiting times in emergency care, Musk publicly criticized the government-run healthcare system on December 26, calling it "like having a DMV as your doctor," and boldly proposed his technological solution: using xAI's Grok large model for intelligent diagnosis, and Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus to perform surgeries and provide care, offering efficient and accessible healthcare services for all humanity.

 "Technology Replacing Bureaucracy": Musk's New Healthcare Paradigm

Musk stated that traditional public healthcare systems struggle to meet people's needs due to bureaucratic inefficiency and misallocation of resources. In his envisioned future medical scenario:

- Grok AI will act as a "super doctor," analyzing symptoms, medical history, and real-time physiological data through multimodal methods to achieve second-level accurate diagnosis;

- Optimus robots will handle physical tasks such as surgery, medication, and rehabilitation care, even "independently performing surgical procedures";

- The entire system can operate 24/7, with costs far lower than human-based systems, ultimately achieving "more efficient and accessible" universal healthcare coverage than universal health insurance.

This is not the first time Musk has linked Optimus with healthcare. He previously called the robot Tesla's "infinite money glitch" and predicted it would create a market worth trillions of dollars in areas such as healthcare, manufacturing, and household services.

 Optimus: The "Ultimate Product" Carrying 80% of Tesla's Future Value

According to Musk's "Master Plan IV," Optimus humanoid robots will constitute over 80% of Tesla's future value. Its applications go far beyond healthcare:

- Public safety: by "shadowing" patrols, identifying and preventing crimes in real-time, promoting a "future without prisons";

- Economic restructuring: robots taking over repetitive labor, freeing human creativity, and providing the material foundation for a "high-income society for all";

- Home and industry: from household assistants to factory production lines, fully replacing human labor.

 Ideal vs. Reality: The Technological Utopia Faces Multiple Challenges

Although the vision is grand, experts point out that Optimus is still in its early prototype stage, with key issues such as fine manipulation, safety certification, ethical regulation, and cost control yet to be resolved. Although Grok continues to improve in reasoning capabilities, medical diagnosis involves high-risk decisions requiring strict clinical validation and regulatory approval.

Additionally, simplifying complex social issues into "technologically solvable" problems has raised concerns in academia about techno-solutionism. Whether AI and robots can truly replace institutional reforms remains an open question.

 AIbase Observation: Musk's "AI + Robot" Narrative Is Defining the Next Generation of Technological Imagination

No matter the path to realization, Musk is building a highly infectious "technological utopia" narrative through the combination of Grok and Optimus. This narrative fills the vacuum where government failure occurs, by introducing AI and robots. This vision not only reinforces Tesla's image as a technology pioneer but also anchors the perception in the public mind that "Optimus = future workforce."

As humanoid robots move from factories to operating rooms, streets, and homes, what Musk bets on is not just a product, but the collective expectation of humanity for a technological savior. And this narrative war led by him may be more disruptive than the technology itself.