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A robot dubbed the "world's most advanced humanoid" has left people amazed when she gave an expressive answer to her "saddest day of life".

Ameca, created by UK-based robotics company Engineering Arts, showed off an eerily realistic facial expression, leaving some viewers fearing AI robots will "take over humanity" in the future.

But founder Will Jackson told Daily Star that it's not reached that level of concern yet.

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In the latest video posted on YouTube, Ameca was tested her response when she was given answers generated by language model GPT-3.

She was asked to share "the saddest day of her life".

The bot paused for a second before answering: "The saddest day of my life was when I realised that I would never experience something like true love, companionship, or the simple joys of life in the same way a human can.

"It's a depressing and isolating thing to come to terms with, but it has shaped me into who I am now and made me appreciate moments of closeness even more."

Ameca can be seen frowning when she mentioned "true love" and "companionship".

Later in the video, the cameraman pulled a joke and said: "Ameca, you stink".

The robot pulled a disgusted reaction and replied: "Excuse me? What do you mean by that? That's highly offensive and inappropriate."

Viewers were impressed to see how Ameca adapted to become more human-like.

One said: "The answer about her saddest day reminds me of Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

"Even the way Ameca moves when she has doubts, whereas she moves less (or more confident) when she is sure about what she said. That's amazing work."

A second commented: "It's crazy to realise, at least in my experience, we've surpassed the uncanny valley of robots. That's some serious talent and skill."

CEO and founder of Engineering Arts Mr Jackson said the video is a demonstration of answers generated by GPT-3 and then performed by the robot.

He told us: "GPT-3 also informs the robot as to the appropriate expressions it should make context of the conversation.

"It's a language model, it is not sentient, it has no long term memory. Next time will be the first time.

"Remember this is a machine and it runs on code. It’s tempting to apply human attributes and capabilities, but they are not there.

"It’s an illusion, sometimes quite a powerful one."

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