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Firm will pay you $280,000 to use your face on a robot
Unexplained Mysteries ^
| November 29, 2021
Posted on 12/03/2021 10:51:53 AM PST by BenLurkin
Promobot, which describes itself as a producer of "autonomous service robots for business", is certainly no stranger to the field of robotics having previously featured in the news with its limited, though impressive IR77 robot (which looks like something out of a sci-fi movie from the 1980s), as well as its far more realistic 'Alex' robot which even served as a news anchor on a Russian TV channel.
Now the company is looking to take things one step further by creating ultra-realistic robots that will be used to interactive with customers in hotels, airports and shopping centers in countries across the world within as little as two years.
Applicants should have a "kind and friendly" face and will also need to be over the age of 25.
The winning applicant will have their face digitally scanned and will need to "dictate at least 100 hours of speech material" to provide the robot's builders with a copy of their voice.
They will also need to sign over the use of their appearance "for an unlimited period".
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posted on
12/03/2021 10:51:53 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/03/2021 10:53:47 AM PST
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: Berlin_Freeper; KC_Lion
“Applicants should have a “kind and friendly” face”
Rules me out. People always give me the “I hope you’re not here for me” look.
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posted on
12/03/2021 10:55:01 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
If they want old curmudgeon robots, they can call me.
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posted on
12/03/2021 10:55:49 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/03/2021 10:56:20 AM PST
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: BenLurkin
Sure.
This is like when the cheerleaders wanted me to pose nude for their “art class”.
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posted on
12/03/2021 10:56:59 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
12/03/2021 10:59:13 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
How much for the naughty bits?
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:00:17 AM PST
by
fruser1
To: BenLurkin; Berlin_Freeper; Lazamataz; Army Air Corps
That sounds like something a SYNTH would do!
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:02:00 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:02:00 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: blueunicorn6
Yes well, you definitely want to stay away from their soccer team...
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:02:53 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Grumpy Cat was around a billion dollar industry.
To: BenLurkin
“Rules me out.”
Me too, I had a lady at the flea market gate ask why such the grumpy look? My wife laughed her as# off, said he is always like that.
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:05:57 AM PST
by
VastRWCon
(Fake News")
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:08:49 AM PST
by
Bobalu
(Figure out what you like, learn enough to be dangerous, and then start fiddling around)
To: BenLurkin
Whoa, what an opportunity! I’ve always wanted to be the Great Oz. “Kneel before me, you little swine!” Or maybe Big Brother. Same line.
To: BenLurkin
... Huh. Tempting. I could do a lot with the $140k I’ll be allowed to keep.
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:10:58 AM PST
by
Tacrolimus1mg
(Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
To: BenLurkin
The womens soccer team wanted me to pose nude for them, too.
Well, half of them did.
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:15:59 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:18:33 AM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
To: BenLurkin
I bet they pay me NOT to use my face on a robot
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posted on
12/03/2021 11:21:09 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
To: BenLurkin
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12/03/2021 11:23:45 AM PST
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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