how much would you sell your face for?
not your actual face, skin and bone of course, but the 'look' of your face, it would be used on thousands of humanoid robots around the world, according
to a recent blog post by London-based outsourcing company Geomiq, a
robotics company is currently looking for a “kind and friendly” face to put on a
humanoid robot once it goes into production, the robot in question is designed to be a “virtual friend”
for elderly people, and is scheduled to go into production next year, although Geomiq is not at liberty to disclose too much
information about the robotics company or their current project, due to a
non-disclosure agreement they’ve signed with the designer and his investors,
but they did reveal that the client is privately-funded and has received
investments from several Venture Capitalists as well as a top fund in China, “We know that this is an extremely unique request, and
signing over the licenses to your face is potentially an extremely big
decision,” Geomiq stated, adding that interested people can submit a
photo of themselves via email, the robotics company has reportedly been working on this
particular humanoid robot for five years, and due to the secretive nature of
the project, anonymity is of utmost importance, however, candidates with the
right kind of face chosen for the “next phase” will be given full details on
the project, good lord, can you imagine thousands of me all over the world? perish the thought! if it happens to you and you sell your face and the company uses it, think of all of the questions it would raise, what happens if the person the robot is friendly to actually wants to meet you in real life? and what happens if said person leaves everything to you in his/hers/its will, who gets the cash? the robot, the company that owns it, or you? and those are just a few questions for starters, oh and I forgot the big question, how much would you sell your face for? well the company is willing to give you £100,000, at today's rate that is $129,750, now where do I send the email with the photograph of my face? photograph at the top of the page by Comfreak/Pixabay
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