The Russian company Promobot offers to sell its face and voice to a robot for 200 thousand dollars
In the modern world, you can sell everything. The Russian android company Promobot has announced plans to buy the rights to use the face and voice of a real person for robots. They are willing to pay $200,000 (about 14.8 million rubles) for consent. Candidates must sign a contract in which they agree to have their appearance and voice used for an unlimited period of time. There were a lot of people willing to earn this way: the number of applications on the company's website has already reached several tens of thousands.
Promobot creates hyper-realistic humanoid robots. At the moment, employees are developing an android assistant that will work in hotels, shopping malls and other public places. For the production of humanoids, "kind and friendly faces" are needed, for which manufacturers are willing to pay a lot of money.
The owners of the company promise 200,000 dollars (14.8 million rubles) to those who want to sell their appearance and voice. But it should be borne in mind that a person gives an agreement on the use of the face and voice once and for all. Promobot accepts applications from people of all races and genders. Candidates must be 25 years of age or older.
Promobot employees are engaged in the development of technologies in the fields of face recognition, speech, autonomous navigation, artificial intelligence and other areas of robotics. The company has been manufacturing and supplying humanoid robots since 2019. The owners say their new clients want to launch a big project. For him, licenses are needed to use the appearance for androids.
Recently, Arnold Schwarzenegger sued Promobot. The Hollywood actor demanded $10 million (about 739 million rubles) for using his face to create a robot without his consent. The creators of androids have become more prudent, so they are willing to pay a smaller amount to avoid such lawsuits.
After the representatives of the company and its clients choose the right appearance, they will make a 3D model of it. The contract states that the company has the right to receive a voice, so a person will need to speak at least 100 hours of speech material.
The candidate must sign a license to use the face and voice for an unlimited period. This point scares many. But there are also those who are ready, without hesitation, to put their signature and receive $ 200,000 (about 14.8 million rubles).
The company's email is overflowing with applications, so they soon stop accepting requests. At the moment, there are already 20,000 questionnaires, so Promobot customers have decided to increase the number of required androids.
Meanwhile, Hasbro has created an interactive robocot. He will become the best friend for the elderly and lonely people, without requiring special care and food.