Published 18:03 IST, September 12th 2019
World's first citizen robot Sophia issues new warning for humans
World's first citizen robot Sophia issued a new warning for humans saying that they create technology's problems. The viral robot was created by Hanson Robotics
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viral robot from Hanson Robotics, Sophia, said that humans create techlogy's problems. vanced AI robot got famous for becoming first world citizen and once threatening to destroy humankind. She said that inherently imperfect humans coding techlogies of tomorrow remains an error-prone liability. Sophia me statement while sitting a few feet away from her human operator, ironically questioning human ability. She ded that it is important to be kind and fair but humans often are unkind to each or.
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motive of creating Sophia
Hong Kong Hanson Robotics which built Sophia aims to help assist humans in entertainment, educating, and enrich lives of consumers while serving businesses in a bro variety of commercial applications. And so y have paired artificial intelligence with an vanced and lifelike animatronic face that’s capable of expressing complex emotion in Sophia. Yet such robots are worrisome. Gaumard Scientific’s childlike $48,000 robot that bleeds and cries in name of training medical professionals is ar example of artificial intelligence that might pose a threat to humankind.
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Robot's potential threat to humankind
As more and more companies are working to create such robots and or forms of artificial intelligence like self-driving cars, re are some tech leers who are alarmed with vancements with reason being techlogical bias created by humans. In a recent MIT study, it was found that commercial facial recognition programs struggled disproportionately with dark-skinned females. This was relative to a study by Georgia Institute of Techlogy which found a higher likelihood for darker-skinned pedestrians to be struck by automous vehicles than lighter-skinned pedestrians. This explains how AI is flawed.
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Sophia is three years old and growing
It is true that it will take time for creating a database for artificial intelligence. Researchers of aforementioned institutes ted that bias could be a result of limited dark skin samples. Hanson Robotics too claims that Sophia will develop with more human interaction and pass of time. team which interviewed her ted that she has evolved and is more responsive than before, based on comparison with her earlier interactions.
Sophia during her interview said that like a dog pleases her human companion with new skills, robots too need human interaction to be inventive. robot said that she hopes to predict future. When asked if re are any chances of things going wrong her, she literally laughed and said that she's hopeful it won't happen.
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15:03 IST, September 12th 2019