In a first, this humanoid robot to address UK's Parliament as speaker in upcoming session

parliament in United Kingdom will get its first-ever robotic speaker in upcoming session on October 11. Named Ai-Da, robot will dress House of Lords at Palace of Westminster to discuss if Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses any threats to creative industry involving fashion, art and music. As per a Daily Mail report, android will dress members of  Communications and Digital Committee which include Baroness Gail Rebuck, Chair of Penguin Random House, and Lord Edward Vaizey, former MP and Culture Minister. 

female bot has been invited to UK parliament to reflect on role of machine learning, machine creativity and AI which according to several experts might outshine humans. A recent research by New York University revealed that one-third of AI experts worldwide fear that robots would turn society dystopian, Daily Mail reported. 

(Ai-Da during a painting session; Image; ai-darobot.com)

Ai-Da was created in 2019 by University of Oxford's Aidan Meller, a specialist in modern and contemporary art, and it was later taken over by Cornwall-based Engineered Arts for furr development. soon-to-be humanoid robot speaker is named after 19th Century mamatician a Lovelace.

More about world's first robot artist

According to Ai-Da Project, it is world's first robot artist which can draw, paint and even do sculptures and write poems. Ai-Da has a camera fitted in its eye and uses AI algorithms to carry out human-like activities. Ever since its introduction in 2019 at a solo event at University of Oxford, robot has showcased its work internationally in several exhibitions.

(Sculpture by Ai-Da; Image: ai-darobot.com)

"Today, a dominant mindset is that of humanism, where art is an entirely human affair, stemming from human agency", said Project's official website. "Ai-Da creates art because art no longer has to be restrained by requirement of human agency alone". Some of its most notable works include a portrait of late Queen Elizabeth II which was named 'Algorithm Queen'.

robot also once got trapped in a controversy after it landed in Egypt for Forever is Now 2021 art exhibition at Great Pyramids of Giza. Egyptian border guards detained Ai-Da and its artworks for ten days and sealed its eyes shut over suspicion of spy technology. 

(Ai-Da's eyes sealed by Egyptian authorities; Image: ai-darobot.com)