A company will pay you Rs 91 lakh to put your face on its robots. Internet is aghast – India Today

Will you be willing to give your face to be put on thousands of robots worldwide for Rs 91,02,179 (100,000 pounds)? No, we are not just making this up. A start-up tech company is actually looking for a 'kind and friendly' face to put on their robots.

The unnamed firm is looking for human faces for the robots, which will be used as virtual friends for elderly people, and for the same, they have lodged a request with the company Geomiq.com.

Geomiq wrote that they were approached by a robotics company to help with the finishing touches to a 'state-of-art humanoid robot.' They did not give out a lot of details about the company due to a non-disclosure agreement that they have signed.

The company knows that it is an unusual request and that it is a big deal, which is why they are ready to pay so much money. The robots are set to go into production next year.

People are a little concerned about this demand and are asking why can't the company just make a new face exactly like Sophia, the social humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong based company Hanson Robotics.

Technology reporter Rowland Manthorpe took to his Twitter account to call it a bad sci-fi plot. He wrote, "Bad sci-fi plot alert. This unnamed company is looking for someone to be the face of its robot, which will be used as a 'virtual friend' for elderly people. It's offering 100,000 for the rights to your face in perpetuity."

Another Twitter user wrote, "Even I wouldn't have my face "in perpetuity" to which a person responded saying, "Who would?! I grew a beard to hide mine."

Would you be willing to give your face?

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