Elon Musk reacts to video featuring human-like robot, says 'real androids are coming'

world isn’t far from days when humanoid robots will be deeply integrated into our lives and will handle major tasks that we are fully capable of doing ourselves. However, some even fear a potential apocalypse courtesy of same robots that are being developed using artificial intelligence (AI). Possibly supporting one of two aforementioned possibilities, one of world's richest men and tech mogul Elon Musk has given a hes up that real androids are just years away from entering human world. Replying to a Twitter video featuring a human-like robot, Musk wrote, "Real androids are coming", which might be a warning about dominance robots might have on our lives in a few years.

Elon Musk's stance on AI

Considering Musk's previous statements on artificial intelligence, one can reckon that he believes that humans will be tamed by it one day. In one of his interviews with comedian and mixed martial artist Joe Rogan in 2018, Musk h said-

I've tried to convince people to slow down on AI, to regulate AI. This was futile, I've tried for years, nobody listened, nobody listened.

Some viewers of interview even joked that Musk has been sent from future since he was talking in past tense about his warning over regulation of AI, while some said that he is creating 'Neuralink' to give humans a fighting chance against robots. You can watch AI bit below.

Project Mesmer: 'Breathing life into robots'

video that Musk replied, belongs to UK’s Cornwall-based firm Engineered Arts, which is developing realistic humanoid robots that are powerful, elegant and cost-effective under project Mesmer. video features he of a Mesmer robot that is undergoing a motion test and displaying different facial expressions. Talking about Mesmer robots, Engineered Arts says-

Expressive like nothing else, Mesmer can display a huge range of human emotion. Each Mesmer robot is designed and built from 3D in-house scans of real people, allowing us to imitate human bone structure, skin texture and expressions convincingly. 

Mesmer robots run on company's operating system named Tritium, which makes it programming easy and allows it to be controlled from remote locations. Interestingly, robots are also fitted with a telepresence software named Tinman through which owners of robot can interact with people around robot while being at a different location. company says that it takes no technical expertise to operate a Mesmer robot as it can be logged in using a browser or any internet device. Recently, Engineered Arts h shared anor video where it unveiled robot 'Ameca' displaying most accurate human facial expressions. Tap here to re more.

(Image: AP/YouTube/@EngineeredArts)