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We live in an age of increasingly evolving robotics. Moreover, this concerns not only assistant robots, such as vacuum cleaners, but also quite intellectual humanoid anthropomorphic products, which, for example, there is a robot named Sofia created by the famous by Hanson Robotics.
This company is engaged in the development of just humanoid robots, founded in 2003. During this time, Hanson specialists Robotics have created dozens of models, the most advanced of which became exactly Sophia, who can talk with ease by a person using a speech recognition program as well state-of-the-art Character Engine software, bringing the robot closer in its functions and capabilities to the personality person. In addition, Sofia can change facial expression depending from a conversation with the interlocutor, taking this or that mask, of which in her Arsenal of more than sixty.
Sophia Anthropomorphic Robot Repaired at Opening the other day in the city of Austin (USA, Texas) SXSW conference, where it Hanson Robotics’ unique product caused genuine interest of all gathered. The fact is that the company positions such robots as companions for courtship and communication for children, the elderly and so on. And in this respect Sofia meets all the necessary requirements. She knows how to communicate, possesses the necessary skills and even realizes himself as personality.
The joke failed, the robot promised to destroy humanity
At the conference, company founder David Hanson dismantles in front of the audience (watch the video) the possibilities of such a robot, and even asks Sofia a provocative question, does she want to destroy humanity. The question, in general, is natural, since everyone more fears such robots cause precisely from this point of view – would they consider themselves worthy in the future as hosts of our planet, as prophetically shown, for example, in films Terminator and Matrix?
Naturally asking such a provocative question, David Hanson I didn’t even imagine that his brainchild would answer – yes, I’ll destroy it. In the end video you can see how a man wants to reduce it all to a joke, however, as many journalists have noticed, a similar joke to many it seemed sinister, very similar to the truth that we and promise opponents of intelligent robots.
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