This Is the Scariest Indiegogo Campaign You Will Ever See

 

 

 

 If you were already nervous about the A.I. revolution, there is a campaign on Indiegogo right now that will convince you to renounce all your worldly possessions and live forever in a southern Nevada commune. It’s called Aido, and it’s a rolling home robot—kind of like Siri if she became sentient and followed you around the house. Does that sound fun? Remember that the robot can Aido Robot, identify your face, and has an operating system that is—we can only assume—the same one run .

 



Here’s Aido’s commercial, which you should watch in its entirety because it’s important to be informed about our future robot overlords. Right now, 930 people have pledged $476,102 dollars to get one of their own for $549, and it has an October ship date. A representative assured Fortune in an e-mail that the ship date and the product are real. God help us all.

The ad starts innocently enough. Look, there’s the robot, waiting at a glass door for its owners like a puppy. Then we see Aido hovering over their beds as they sleep. When asked “What’s going on today?”, Aido projects a Facebook photo album onto the bedroom wall. In the album: photos of Aido. Its owner pats it on the head. Its giant saucer eyes stare blankly into space.



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