Elon Musk, the visionary behind Tesla, recently found himself in the midst of a creative controversy. Director Alex Proyas claims that Musk's latest reveal, including the Cybercab and Optimus robots, bears a striking resemblance to the designs from his 2004 film I, Robot. Proyas's comment, viewed millions of times, questioned Musk's innovation, hinting at artistic borrowing. The accusations have fueled discussions on social media around the originality of tech designs, with many pointing out that Proyas's own work wasn’t devoid of influences from earlier sci-fi classics, like Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The exchange has reopened debates on how much modern innovation owes to speculative fiction as tech companies continue to draw from sci-fi.