A video with a humanoid bipedal robot walking around a yard has gone viral on social media, freaking out internet users and prompting warnings that the future of SkyNet is closer than you think.
WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE. RT @GustavoVela71: Robot pic.twitter.com/tfLYRUyA4k
— Derren Brown (@DerrenBrown) 18 августа 2018 г.
The clip prompted a handful of Terminator and Transformers references.
Where the hell is Sarah Connor???
— Jay Kelley (@Doctor_Hue) 18 августа 2018 г.
— Bears Cubs Bulls (@Chifan1908) 19 августа 2018 г.
— FilmGeeks (@FilmGeeks88) 19 августа 2018 г.
Where’s my Amazon package? You call this Prime?!?
— Johnathan Soul (@johnathansoul) 19 августа 2018 г.
Scaremongers started searching for ways to leave the planet.
— Kirst Sarcophagus (@Winskillfull) 18 августа 2018 г.
— Rule 34 (@graham_haydn) 19 августа 2018 г.
Some people left unenthusiastic comments about the robot's posture.
Terrible posture
— Mr Thatch Esq. (@SenorThatch) 19 августа 2018 г.
My herniated C5/C6 disc area hurts just looking at that stupid forward posture.
— Garrett Smith 👁️ (@jsfaq) 19 августа 2018 г.
My parents are going to be pretty pissed about our new robot overlords' poor posture
— Kim Garbow (@the_kim_show) 19 августа 2018 г.
It turned out, however, that the video was part of ADAM, a series of short post-apocalyptic animated films made in real-time using the game engine Unity and directed by Neill Blomkamp, who is best known for sci-fi films District 9 and Elysium.
The director himself rushed to calm down pessimists waiting for intelligent robots to take over humanity.
Although no one would welcome a robot uprising more than I, — It’s actually part of this series https://t.co/I0ROuJwhiv https://t.co/3YzF6uaEOc
— Neill Blomkamp (@NeillBlomkamp) 19 августа 2018 г.
