Meet the AI human-like robots that can do our jobs

Current breakthroughs in AI are key to the revolution in ‘human’ androids, explains Robert Waugh. Some of them are already employed

Tesla’s robot displayed at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference. Elon Musk has previously said that AI is ‘potentially more dangerous than nukes’ (AFP/Getty)

The idea of a humanoid robot that can do the work of human beings dates back almost 3,000 years to the Iliad, in which the god Hephaestus was assisted by his own metal creations. But now, in 2023, the concept is becoming reality.

A robotics start-up funded by OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is employing EVE robot devices as security guards in Europe and America – with human operators able to “step inside” the “body” using virtual reality.

Elon Musk’s Tesla is also working on its own robot, Optimus, which Musk believes “could be more significant” than the company’s car business over the long haul.