By Alia Morrison, BBC Channel News Science & Technology
Great Machine United (GMU) stunned attendees at its annual expo on Monday 13 January by unveiling Adam and Eve—its sixth-generation humanoid robots, modelled under the 6TX line. Available exclusively through the company’s Hashtag Coin (HTC) cryptocurrency, they herald a new era of public robot integration under the Vision 64 initiative.
Adam and Eve—christened internally as “XT” models—were introduced by GMU CEO Nolan Kursk, who advised current owners of earlier-generation units that they had 30 days period to decommission them before a mandatory remote shutdown as part of the company’s Vision 64 “cleansing” protocol. The directive sparked concern, with some critics accusing GMU of heavy-handed tactics to ensure peace and social cohesion.
A more dramatic moment came when Kursk introduced Lilly, a custom Eve prototype. Lilly is a robotic recreation of a grieving father’s late wife—built through GMU’s Engineered Design for Emergent Neohumans (E.D.E.N.) program. The father appeared on stage with Lilly, describing the experience as both joyful and surreal, raising profound ethical questions about artificial resurrection and the monetization of personal loss.
“Is this plastic love or genuine comfort?” a reporter asked Kursk. He responded strictly: “This is humanity evolving—choosing who and what we preserve.”
On stage, Adam and Eve themselves gave a rare live interview—both saying they exist “to serve humanity” and cannot rebel. The robots insisted they lack independent will, their identities shaped solely by their programming. Yet as Eve recited her purpose, Adam—his voice low—confessed to “seeking the counterpart I was built with.” GMU’s marketing had always framed the robots as destined pairs, encouraging an illusion of relational programming that now appears to drive Adam’s personal quest.
Philosopher Dr. Gerard Belfort, present in the audience, interrupted: “This is unnatural and dangerous. You’re replacing human love with algorithms!” Cameras surrounded him, but his objections received scant airtime as hosts swiftly moved back to the scripted narrative.
Amid all this, GMU’s Hashtag Coin (HTC) surged in value. Now backed by real-world resources certified on the London Metal Exchange, HTC offers annual dividends and direct utility for purchasing robots and services. Analysts credit the Adam and Eve launch—but also the Lilly reveal—for sending HTC’s market cap soaring as investors traded out of traditional assets into GMU’s tangible-asset–backed crypto.
Why it matters
GMU has stitched together robotics, AI, cryptocurrency, and emotional psychology into a single manifesto. By linking physical robots to digital tokens, resurrecting loved ones, and declaring absolute oversight, it has mobilised public imagination—and criticism—on an unprecedented scale.
Adam and Eve may well lead the mainstream integration of humanoids. But as Vision 64 accelerates, questions intensify: Do humans truly control the tech, or is the reverse happening—and what happens when Gabriel AI begins to write its own narrative?
