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These GIFs will convince you that robots won't take over the world any time soon

Julia Calderone

2016-02-09T15:48:00Z

If you're like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking and fear the impending war between humans and killer robots, watch this video.

It just may convince you that robots have a long way to come before they're going to be able to think, walk, and act like humans.

From overzealous bartenders to not-so-agile soccer players, check out some hilarious robot fails from this video uploaded to YouTube by user Sky Walker.

Robots have been steadily getting smarter and smarter in recent years, especially when they perform complex thought behaviors such as chess, Jeopardy, and even stock trading.

robot workers — Staff program a robot arm by Nachi Robotic Systems at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan December 2, 2015. Reuters/Thomas Peter

But ask them to perform a basic physical human-like task ...

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And they completely fall apart.

This one, despite being totally bizarre, actually seems to be performing its job pretty well.

But trust them with a can of delicious beer, and all bets are off. This one even lost a limb in the aftermath.

According to Pieter Abeel, a roboticist at the University of California, Berkeley and co-founder of Gradescope, today's AI struggles most with simple sensory tasks such as touch, vision, and locomotion.

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The problem, called "Hans Moravec's Paradox," even plagues today's most sophisticated AI.

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They even fail at tasks that a toddler can perform.

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Check out the rest of these hilarious robot fails here:

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