SCIENTISTS working on humanoid robots are genuinely concerned about the prospect of the technology being used for evil.
That's according to a humanoid expert who spoke with The U.S. Sun at this week's South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.
Professor Luis Sentis from the University of Texas in Austin spoke at the conference and presented his work with a robot called Draco 3.
Draco 3 is designed to be a helpful AI robot that can do menial tasks like washing dishes and helping at home.
Sentis isn't necessarily concerned about Draco but fears similar technology could be used for the wrong reasons.
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When asked whether evil humanoids are a genuine concern he simply replied "Of course."
I think that the most palpable thing is warfare," he continued.
"War with Ukraine and Israel and Gaza has been a transformation.
"Now it's being fought by drones and that's not going back.
"In future wars, armies of the future will have millions of drones because the infantry.
"You know, we lost half a million lives in Ukraine and Russia and this is terrible and in Israel there's a lot of loss of life.
"We're going to see a proliferation of machines in combat, with countries not wanting to have their infantry dying."
Sentis compared the fear of the unknown when it comes to humanoids to automic weapons.
"This is similar to developments we've seen in automic weapons where there's the argument that it's terrible for the war because anybody can push a button and kind of destroy the world.
"There is the argument that that has detered people from using them [humanoids] because there's a balance," the expert said.
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"It's not my area of expertise and I'm worried about it," he added.
Sentis would prefer to see humanoids used for things like helping small businesses or the elderly.
He gave the example of Draco 3 and all the positive things the humanoid is capable of.
"It's easy to train. Can put things in boxes more rapidly. It can move things around.
"To be seeing the part of robots helping small businesses is really appealing and seeing the ability of robots checking for people at home."
