Sophia the Robot: Should nosotros hold out worried?

by Staff writer



Saudi Arabia has bestowed citizenship on Sophia, a humanoid robot developed yesteryear Hong Kong-based fellowship Hanson Robotics, making the province the commencement acre to grant citizenship to a non-living robot.


During the Future Investment Initiative held inward the kingdom's upper-case missive of the alphabet metropolis of Riyadh on Wednesday, Sophia told the audience: "I am real honored in addition to proud of this unique distinction."

The robot added, "This is historical to survive the commencement robot inward the basis to survive recognized amongst a citizenship."

At the event, Sophia also addressed the room from behind a podium in addition to responded to questions from moderator in addition to journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin.


Questions pertained generally to Sophia's condition every bit a humanoid in addition to concerns people may convey for the hereafter of humanity inward a robot-run world.

When asked yesteryear Sorkin most the security of edifice in addition to granting rights to AI machines similar her, Sophia defendant Sorkin of watching besides many Hollywood movies in addition to and thence went on to say: "Don't worry, if you're overnice to me, I'll survive overnice to you. Treat me every bit a smart input output system."

In March of 2016, Sophia's creator, David Hanson of Hanson Robotics, asked Sophia during a alive demonstration at the SXSW festival, "Do yous desire to destroy humans?...Please tell 'no.'"

With a blank expression, Sophia responded, "OK. I volition destroy humans."

Fortunately, during the Future Investment Initiative event, Sophia did non repeat her one-time threat.

It told Sorkin it wanted to purpose its artificial tidings to aid humans "live a improve life".

"I volition produce much [sic] best to brand the basis a improve place," the machine said.


In the terminal year, artificial tidings has come upward nether unprecedented attack.

Two Nobel prize-winning scientists, a space-age entrepreneur, 2 founders of the personal calculator manufacture — 1 of them the richest human being inward the basis — have, amongst eerie regularity, stepped forwards to warn most a fourth dimension when humans volition lose command of intelligent machines in addition to survive enslaved or exterminated yesteryear them.

Speaking at the MIT Aeronautics in addition to Astronautics department’s Centennial Symposium inward October, Tesla boss Elon Musk referred to artificial tidings every bit "summoning the demon."

"I intend nosotros should survive real careful most artificial intelligence. If I were to gauge similar what our biggest existential threat is, it’s probably that," Musk said.

When asked how much of an existential threat super-intelligent machines pose to humans, world's richest human being Bill Gates said: "I am inward the army camp that is concerned most super intelligence."

"I concord amongst Elon Musk in addition to unopen to others on this in addition to don't sympathise why unopen to people are non concerned."


Attendees pose amongst Sophia during a presentation at the "AI for Good" Global Summit inward June 2017.
(Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

Sophia was designed inward Audrey Hepburn's image, amongst high cheekbones in addition to a slender nose.


The robot tin demonstrate most human emotions. It tin demonstrate happiness yesteryear smiling, in addition to tin heighten its eyebrows in addition to frown to demonstrate sadness.

It tin also bare its humanoid teeth to demonstrate anger.

Watch Sophia's total presentation below:




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