If anyone in this world were the first to kiss a robot, many would guess it would be Elon Musk. This billionaire has built his career on modern technology and has frequently spoken about robots and AI.
And now, the images of Elon Musk kissing humanoids (human-robot hybrids) are being rapidly shared across social media.
Accompanying these images is the caption: “Elon Musk announces his future wife, who is she? She is the first robot specially designed based on AI, with personality traits of the woman Elon Musk has always dreamed of. These are qualities that cannot be found in any ordinary person, because of course, no ordinary person meets all those standards.”
These images stirred up a lot of emotions: Some people were amazed, some were curious, and many felt… disgusted.
But like many things in life, this is not what we think it is.
It turns out, these very realistic images were created by AI tools and were used to “illustrate the dangers of AI in the near future,” especially after Elon Musk released a video about Tesla’s first multifunctional robot – named Optimus, which has a human-like figure (173 cm tall, 57 kg), can move quite gracefully, carry items, water plants… Musk calls this robot a “companion.”
Many netizens said they felt a bit creeped out looking at Optimus, then at the images of Elon Musk kissing the robot (even though they were AI-generated), as it reminded them of sci-fi movies about robot domination.
Although the picture of Elon Musk kissing a robot is not real, when even Musk calls the robot a “companion,” it might just be a matter of time before someone truly falls in love with a robot.