This Robot Company Will Pay You $200K for Permanent Rights to Your Face and Voice

Multiple Blue Rings Stephanie Rogers

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The catch?

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Promobot actually received so many applications for this that they had to shut down their search. Over 20,000 people responded, some perhaps seeing the opportunity as a ticket to immortality.

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Promobot’s as-yet-unnamed assistant is being developed for an unidentified American company that plans to supply it for commercial use throughout North America and the Middle East.

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The prospect of running into realistic robotic clones of people you know is a little unsettling, don’t you think?

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