Stephen Colbert's robot update features a solid Elon Musk burn

"There are reports that Tesla could have a working humanoid robot by September of 2022..."
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Forget "Meanwhile", Stephen Colbert has a shiny new segment called "Cyborgasm" these days, and it's all about – you guessed it – robots.

In the clip above, the Late Show host riffs on the latest android and tech news, covering everything from Google's AI to people's thoughts on sex robot threesomes before inevitably turning his attention to Tesla.

"There are reports that Tesla could have a working humanoid robot by September of 2022," says Colbert, bringing up a photo of CEO Elon Musk. "Good, because Tesla's current humanoid robot has been malfunctioning lately."

In fairness, judging by Musk's Twitter feed, we're not so sure about the word "lately".

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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