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The filmmaker, whose film stars Will Smith as a detective sceptical of seemingly obedient androids, accused Musk of copying his work in a post on X.

This android — one of two nameless leads in the Oscar-nominated charmer “Robot Dreams” — envisions a small, lonely dog in his third-floor walk-up, microwaving a depressing dinner for one.

This Y2K vision of AI was built on decades’ worth of androids and cyborgs and Cylons, of course.

He gained popularity with the serialization of “Dr. Slump” from 1980 to 1984, a manga about an android girl known for her childlike personality and superhuman strength.

There will be smarter cars, bipedal warehouse androids, roving grocery bots removing unscanned items from bagging areas, and torso-up AI designed to look like seated female receptionists.