Have you ever thought that Elon Musk or Lionel Messi are robots? Well, now you can bet on it! Bovada offers odds on multiple famous people to be revealed as an artificial intelligence (AI) bot in 2024.
But can AI actually be a person? Are celebrities robots? There has been much made about celebrities allowing Meta to create AI bots of their personas.
The Screen Actors Guild warned their members about this, especially during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA Strike. In fact, one of the major negotiating points of the strike was over the use of AI when it comes to the creation of art.
Furthermore, AI is the favorite to become TIME’s Person of the Year odds. Make of that whatever you want. For now, let’s examine the odds and I’ll give you five picks for celebrities who might be robots.
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Disclaimer:
This is a fun betting market that shouldn’t be taken seriously. If you would like to place a bet, you should stick to small stakes.
To Be Revealed as an AI Bot in 2024 – Betting Odds
CELEBRITY | ODDS |
---|---|
Elon Musk | +15000 |
Mark Zuckerberg | +15000 |
Ariana Grande | +20000 |
Billie Eilish | +20000 |
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson | +20000 |
Eminem | +20000 |
Hillary Clinton | +20000 |
Taylor Swift | +20000 |
Tom Brady | +20000 |
Will Smith | +20000 |
Donald Trump | +25000 |
These are the top options for celebrities who might not be human, although there are about 20 more listed at Bovada. You’ll find names like Drake (+25000), Kamala Harris (+25000), Anderson Cooper (+30000), Mark Cuban (+30000), and Madonna (+40000) listed in the entertainment betting section.
Moreover, this wager will be graded if the celebrity is confirmed by New Scientist to be an AI robot. If you want to check the full list of celebrities, check out Bovada.
All odds are courtesy of Bovada. You can find these odds by navigating to Sports > Entertainment > Celebrity Specials > Celebrity Specials 2024 > To Be Revealed as a Robot/AI Robot in 2024.
Most Likely Celebrities to be Revealed as an AI Bot
Here are my picks for celebrities that are robots, or who could be AI robots. I’ll provide stellar reasoning as to why I believe them to be not human.
Elon Musk (+15000)
Musk has the money to do it as Forbes has assessed his worth at a staggering $221 billion. You would need a lot of money to pull off being a celebrity robot. He also has the technology backing, as Musk is behind Tesla and SpaceX. These companies are known for being cutting-edge in their space.
Should Tesla invest $5B into @xAI, assuming the valuation is set by several credible outside investors?
(Board approval & shareholder vote are needed, so this is just to test the waters)
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 24, 2024
Musk recently also asked his X followers (remember, he owns X now) if Tesla should invest $5 billion into xAI, which is also his company. xAI is Musk’s offering to compete with other AI technologies such as ChatGPT and Google Bard.
That is precisely what a robot would do: use one of his companies to fund a startup of another company. Musk claims that it will be “the world’s most powerful AI by every metric”. Of course, he claims this.
Mark Zuckerberg (+15000)
Not only would I believe that Zuckerberg is a robot, but he is also my pick to be an extra-terrestrial in Bovada’s alien betting odds. When you watch him speak, it just sounds like there is a script running in his brain. It doesn’t flow as smoothly as it does for, you know, humans.
Zuckerberg is also wildly rich as the CEO of Meta, and he’s worth $157.4 billion. Meta, of course, runs Facebook, which was founded by Zuckerberg. He also now owns Instagram and WhatsApp, among others. Meta sits alongside Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft in terms of the biggest tech companies in the world. It’s all at his fingertips.
Donald Trump (+25000)
Trump has officially reached what The Ringer’s and former ESPN writer Bill Simmons dubbed, “The Tyson Zone”. It was named after boxer Mike Tyson, and the premise that, any story that would come out about Tyson, Simmons would believe it. In fact, it might need to be renamed “The Trump Zone”.
Trump has a minor glitch as he struggles to get out words pic.twitter.com/AB1X8pTdCd
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 24, 2024
You could argue that these “glitches” are just mistakes, as the man just turned 78 in June. But again, if you were telling me Trump commanded celebrities who are robots, I would believe it, no questions asked. How else do you explain the last eight years and counting?
Lionel Messi/LeBron James (+25000)/Stephen Curry (+30000)
Sports is the perfect spot for celebrities who might not be human. Messi, James, and Curry have all been described in otherworldly terms at some point in their careers.
The 37-year-old Messi is still an elite soccer player, as shown by his performances in leading Argentina to World Cup and Copa América wins.
James will be 40 in December, and he is still the alpha male on the US men’s team, which leads the Olympic basketball odds.
Curry is 36 and also going to Paris with the Olympic team, still adept at launching 30-foot three-pointers, changing the game of basketball.
LEBRON JAMES WINS IT FOR TEAM USA 🔥
It was an almighty effort from South Sudan, but the King's late layup gives the USA the victory! 👑 pic.twitter.com/TaBlY8AC2O
— ESPN Australia & NZ (@ESPNAusNZ) July 20, 2024
But outside their sports, you could describe Messi as robotic, if now awkward. James is very measured in his public persona, which could also be described as robotic. Curry is slightly less robotic than James, but as he is younger, he might be the updated version.
Arnold Schwarzenegger (+30000)
I mean, he’s the Terminator! Schwarzenegger is high on the list of celebrities that are robots. You could have mused that when “Arnie” won the Mr. Universe title when he was 20. He also won numerous other bodybuilding contests, including Mr. Olympia eight times. He moved into acting and became arguably the biggest action-movie start of all time, with roles in Conan the Barbarian, Predator, Terminator, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
It’s almost like the Terminator role was made for him, but I’d believe that Schwarzenegger didn’t have to do much acting for that franchise. I just hope he is on our side if humans have to fight robots.
Where to Bet on Celebrities to be Revealed as AI?
In closing, these are the wagers I’d make on celebrities who are robots:
- Elon Musk (+15000)
- Mark Zuckerberg (+15000)
- Donald Trump (+25000)
- Lionel Messi/LeBron James (+25000)/Stephen Curry (+30000)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (+30000)
You can bet on celebrities who are robots, and other zany betting props, at Bovada, where you can also bet on world events, such as alien betting and next Pope odds. Head to Bovada and receive a welcome bonus of 50% up to $250 with your first deposit. That amount increases to 75% up to $750 if you make that deposit with cryptocurrency (which is what the robots would want you to do).
Finally, a reminder not to take this market seriously and risk unreasonable amounts of money. It’s a fun wager, but it’s obviously crazy!
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