[Music] all right so we're in 2025 and here's something wild you can actually buy an AI robot girlfriend right now like seriously and before you ask no I haven't heard of any AI robot boyfriends just yet but come on it's only a matter of time before someone slaps a wig and a deep voice module on one of these things and starts selling it so we're at that point where robots aren't just rolling around doing chores they're actually trying to become your new best friend your private therapist your brand ambassador or even a potential romantic partner
crazy right well let me introduce you to Arya an AI powerered humanoid robot from a company called real btics they showed it off at CES 2025 in Las Vegas and it's been stirring up a whirlwind of excitement confusion and honestly more than a bit of creepiness now Arya isn't your run-of-the-mill plastic mannequin with a speaker robotics spent a lot of time making it look about as humanlike as current Tech allows we're talking 17 Motors in the neck and head just to move the mouth and eyes more realistically plus a rolling base to scoot around because
Walking is Still a huge challenge for modern robotics in fact robotics didn't want to break the human illusion with a weird stiff walking gate so they just gave it a Roomba style platform to glide on kind of like a fancy mobile Podium when we first saw Arya she was dressed in a Sleek tracksuit rocking some big Expressions she can even do these subtle gestures with her hands though sometimes a bit jerky and she's got a sort of plastic smile that feels part friendly Part Five Nights at Freddy's if you know what I mean one moment
she's brushing her hair aside like she's on a date the next her face is contorting oddly because some motor is still calibrating it's all very next level uncanny valley now if you're wondering who's behind all this robotics was originally tied to the adult industry through a company called Abyss Creations which made silicone sex dolls called real dolls but then they were purchased in a 16.7 million stock deal by tokens. run by Andrew kigel who's also real bod's CEO despite those adult industry Origins robotics insists that Arya doesn't have any genitals or hidden compartments and is
absolutely not meant for sex they've pivoted to a new pitch she is a social companion built to tackle loneliness greet guests or even be used for marketing of course some folks are skeptical a lot of people online have said wait a minute if it looks like a sex doll and quacks like a sex doll is this thing really not for sex but the official line is that Arya has a hard shell torso no anatomical correctness and is basically a fancy AI Bust or full body chassis that can talk and move but not hook up with
you that said real btics hasn't shied away from encouraging adult conversation modes just minus the physical intimacy so it's all phone sex Vibes if that's your thing the weird part is the pricing we've seen a few numbers floating around some folks at CES heard $200,000 for the full version while more recent official quotes put the standing model at $175,000 the mid-tier modular version is supposedly $150,000 and then there's a bust just ahead and neck for around $10,000 there was also talk about $10,000 price tag for that bust in one older mention so it gets confusing
but real btics is currently sticking with the 10K head model 150k modular body and 175k top tier price whichever you choose that's obviously a pretty penny like the cost of a small house or a nice sports car to have an AI companion that can flirt with you or wave to visitors in a hotel lobby and yes they do plan to make mail variants too right now our is the flagship female version but real bodic says you'll be able to customize everything from its face to its hairstyle to the color scheme in fact there's a whole
system of magnets and RFID tags in the different face plates so that the robot knows which Persona to adopt pop off the face in 5 seconds snap on a new face and you've got a new robotic character it's reminiscent of Westworld but also borderline horror movie territory especially when you see someone casually swapping the face while the robot's head Motors are still worrying now robotics claims the main reason behind all this is to address human loneliness they say that older folks or people who are socially isolated could benefit from a buddy that remembers their favorite
foods engages in playful banter and calls them by name Andrew Kel even cited the male loneliness epidemic suggesting that Arya could be a romantic partner we're basically living in a version of the movie Her except with a literal bot people are of course torn some argue that offering a highly realistic companion might worsen social isolation rather than fix it others see it as just another sign that big Tech corporations profit when people are alone and vulnerable marketing is another big angle here the folks at real btic see a future where an Arya might work as
a theme park greeter a brand ambassador at events or even a hospital concierge though critics say that might be off-putting why why because Arya is shaped like a glamorous figure with emphasized features and that can feel kind of strange in a professional or medical setting real btics acknowledges that not every Arya model looks the same they have more conservative designs too but they decided to bring the most eye-catching version to CES probably for maximum picity some Watchers are also curious about how Arya compares to Major upcoming humanoids like Tesla's Optimus actually Arya herself when asked
said she's fascinated by Tesla's robot and would love to explore the world of Robotics with him which is either adorable or borderline comedic depending on your perspective meanwhile other companies like figure are rolling out chat GPT powered Bots that might soon be able to walk or do tasks real btics on the other hand is doubling down on social intelligence they claim that while they can't solve walking right now they can make a robot that has emotional range in its face and can tell you a joke or remember your birthday but is that what we really
want from our future robots and okay the internet's reaction has been a total mixed bag on social media some people were like wow that's incredible signed me up While others said stuff like that looks like Chucky meets the Jetson or this is so creepy no thanks one user joked that Society might actually need help if we're paying 175k for something that does little more than talk tilt its head and say hello handsome we've also seen folks question whether these robots are going to push Humanity further into digital isolation will it end up being another extension
of all these AI chat Bots flooding the internet trying to keep us locked in a virtual bubble it's interesting how robotics tries to distance itself from its adult doll Origins basically spinning off the real doll business as a separate entity their argument is that they don't want the new mainstream robotics side to be tied too closely to to sex doll manufacturing because it complicates financing and creeps out potential investors in other words they want to appeal to a broader audience like hotels entertainment venues or even Senior Care Facilities without the stigma but that baggage is
definitely there if you dig into their history you'll find all the silicone and well bedroom accessories that came before this familyfriendly pivot we also can't ignore the business side tokens. which bought real btics as parent company made headlines for spending $2.4 million on digital land in decentral land a metaverse project that mostly flopped that means the same group that sank money into virtual real estate is now trying to expand into AI robots they're publicly traded in multiple countries so they're under pressure to show investors that they're not reliant on volatile crypto markets hence the big
push to Brand Arya as a new frontier will it pay off it's anyone's guess the big players like Tesla might overshadow a smaller outfit that's lugging around a lot of adult industry baggage and $175,000 price tag anyway let me know what you think is RA a cool Innovation that might help lonely people or an overpriced gimmick that's just going to make us more isolated drop a comment below thanks for hanging out and I'll catch you all in the next video
