A 'male' humanoid robot was unveiled in Saudi Arabia. It then inappropriately touched a female reporter. A 'male' hu

[AZLD4Candidate]

A 'male' humanoid robot appeared to inappropriately touch a female reporter during a presentation.
Named 'Muhammad,' it is Saudi Arabia's first humanoid male robot.
Muhammad is "fully autonomous" and did not deviate from his "expected behavior," the makers said.

A Saudi robotics company's unveiling of a "male" humanoid robot didn't go as planned after it appeared to inappropriately touch a female reporter.

Saudi robotics company QSS debuted "Muhammad the Humanoid Robot" at DeepFest in Riyadh last week. The robot, dressed in traditional Saudi attire, spoke Arabic and English.

In a DeepFest post on X , Muhammad was described as "the first Saudi robot in the form of a man," as well as a national project to highlight Saudi Arabia's AI achievements.


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Even AI robots get too handsy. Christ!

[Kennah]

1. Given that the Saudis developed it, maybe it went exactly as planned

[Aristus]

2. It will be made Chief of the Religion Police in no time.

n/t

[Polybius]

3. Video here

Link to tweet

[JI7]

7. it's her fault for not wearing a burqa

[Polybius]

8. I was quite surprised that she didn't laugh

She looked at the robot and was like "back off and watch your hands!"

[Scrivener7]

13. Why would she laugh?

[Polybius]

14. Because it has no idea what it's doing, it just happened to move its arm

Sorta like if a dog sniffs your crotch. It's funny, it's not the same thing as if a sick, perverted human did it.

[lapfog_1]

4. since it could not possibly be related to the woman

will they drag it to the nearest stadium and cut the head off?

[global1]

5. Are We Sure That Robot Wasn't Tr**p In Disguise?......

You know - he's been quoted as 'grabbing them by the ...........'

[LudwigPastorius]

6. "Named 'Muhammad,' it is Saudi Arabia's first humanoid male robot."

Full name: Muhammad bin Graben

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Muhanda bin Graben Tushtush

[Sky Jewels]

9. JFC, just what we need.

[eShirl]

11. reminds me of the Mechanical Turk

chess-playing "robot" with a hidden human controlling it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk

[Scrivener7]

12. But you have neglected the most important question: did it open the door for her?

Isn't that what matters here?