Footage taken inside a factory in China has shown the moment a humanoid robot seemed to gained consciousness and began thrashing its arms around trying to escape its restraints
Chilling CCTV footage has shown the moment a robot appeared to wake up in a factory – before violently thrashing its arms about in a bid to break free from its restraints.
The android was being transferred via a crane when it seemed to suddenly become aware of its surroundings. In scenes reminiscent of sci-fi movies, it reacts with fury and then attempts to free itself as nearby human workers move away and cower in fear. Its wild thrashing sees it knock an expensive computer to the floor and other nearby items are also sent flying with the sheer force.
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The footage ends with the handlers attempting to reach towards the robot, presumably in an attempt to shut it off before it manages to escape its surroundings in a Chinese factory.
One person said online of the footage: “We are cooked. No wires pulling just pure chaos.
Another added: “This stuff right here is why robots freak me out. This is one technology I think we have taken it too far.”
Another said: “I’ve seen this film, it doesn’t end well for mankind and, frankly, I don’t see Michael Biehn around to save us this time. Seriously, what the heck was going on there?”
One more joked: “It’s like I’m the only person in the world who saw Terminator.”
It comes after an official US study last month claimed China could be building an army of soldiers as hard to kill as Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘s Terminator. The US National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) predicts China could produce legions of “genetically enhanced PLA super-soldiers” which would fuse human and artificial intelligence, making them next to impossible to destroy.
The “human machine team” could be ready as early as the 2040s. The idea was the brainchild of a rogue Chinese scientist who created genetically modified babies and was jailed – but is now back at work, as the report warns the time to act is now.
A new report by the The Charting the Future of Biotechnology document says: “At the outset of the First World War, the United States did not yet fully appreciate how airplanes would rapidly change the nature of war.
“But once we understood the significance of aviation for force projection, reconnaissance, logistical support, and beyond, we dominated the skies. Similarly, the full impact of the biotechnology revolution will not be clear until it arrives.
“One thing is certain: it is coming. There will be a ChatGPT moment for biotechnology, and if China gets there first, no matter how fast we run, we will never catch up.”
