Android's face passes macro close-ups as 'indistinguishable' — only the neck gives it away
TansuYegen · x · 2026-09-25
- An expo booth showed an android whose facial skin survives macro close-ups: pores, slight redness around the eyes, individual eyebrow hairs.
- The only giveaway is the neck, a grey mechanical joint riddled with wiring holes where vertebrae would be.
- Commentator Tansu Yegen argues the scary part is the brain trusting the face before logic catches up; any future disclosure rules should target behavior and intent, not just visual realism.
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