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Watch: Chinese company's new humanoid robot moves so smoothly, they had to cut it open to prove a person wasn't hiding inside (www.livescience.com)
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[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

This is astroturfed. No one was demanding they prove the robot wasn't human. It's a thing the company planned to do ahead of time, and then they've planted this story. I've seen this posted several places, but I haven't encountered anyone who was like "oh wow, I thought it was a person"