A video of Saudi Arabia's first male-shaped robot has gone viral on the internet after several netizens accused the humanoid robot of inappropriately touching a female reporter. However, some argue that the robots may be programmed to move a certain way or may be malfunctioning.
“Saudi Arabia unveils humanoid AI robot 'Mohammad', reacts to reporter on first appearance,” user X wrote while sharing a video that people claim shows the robot acting inappropriately.
Post shared 1 day ago. Since then, the video has racked up over 840,000 views for him, and that number is only going to increase. The share also garnered nearly 8,900 likes. People posted various comments while reacting to the video. Some were convinced the robot had misbehaved, while others claimed it was malfunctioning.
Let's take a look at how X users reacted to this robot video.
“Creepyly encrypted!” User X wrote.
“Because she said his name and he wanted to shake her hand and she was standing where his hand passed. This is the human's fault, not the robot's,” said another. claimed.
“Who trained the AI for the exhibition?” asked a third.
A fourth person wrote: “I think it just broke down.”
About Saudi Arabia’s first male robot:
According to Siasat Daily, the humanoid robot was unveiled during the second DeepFast competition in Riyadh.
“I am Muhammad, Saudi Arabia's first humanoid robot. I was manufactured and developed here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a national project to demonstrate our country's achievements in the field of artificial intelligence.” said the robot named Mohammad. The outlet reported.
News agency Al Arabiya shared a video of the reporter's interaction with Mohammed. They added that the robot's voice was “taken from the voice of Mr. Nayef Al-Ahmari of Al Arabiya Broadcasting Station.”
