The hyper-real robots that will replace receptionists, pop stars… and even sex dolls: Unnervingly human androids coming to a future very near you
- Incredibly life-like robots are currently causing a storm in Japan where they are being prepared for mass commercialisation
- With new androids creators have beaten ‘Uncanny Valley syndrome’ where humans are revulsed by robots that look real – but not real enough
- Now being put to use as receptionists and newsreaders
- Predicted that within a decade fully independent ‘gemanoids’ will be in circulation once advances in artificial intelligence are made
- Scientists even talking about humans taking androids as partners
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