It plays exactly to Tesla’s strengths. It’s a completely unrelated futuristic area that can be used to raise a lot of funds and act as justification for an incredibly out of touch with reality evaluation of the company.
Also, all of the problems you mention are easily solved by putting Elon on a stage to tell potential investors that they’re already solved. Just like Tesla’s self driving system on the market now.
I think the humanoid aspect helps lay-people (and hedge fund managers) stay confused as to what the current scope of AI is. When people see humanoids, they think AGI, not DNNs.
Also, all of the problems you mention are easily solved by putting Elon on a stage to tell potential investors that they’re already solved. Just like Tesla’s self driving system on the market now.