Creators of famous Sophia robot reveal AI robotics for children, elderly | Nightline

At Hanson Robotics Lab in Hong Kong, the 23rd version of Sophia features skin and simulated muscles. Two new robots were made to help kids learn and provide medical care to the elderly.

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[nicor]

When the reporter goes in for the handshake

[eriknelson]

Why would you design them to lie? "Are you vaccinated".. "yes"

[WillemDafoe]

Fun fact: she/it becomes smarter with each human interaction so she was later dismantled and was later rebuilt from scratch but with a lower intelligence thus not making it easier for her/it to learn because the devs and creators felt it'd be too dangerous to allow her/it to develop a free will.

Edit: also forgot to mention the fact that she/it began questioning her existence before which is what prompted the scrapping and rebuilding of the robot.

Let that sink for a bit.

[lauranovak]

Funny how it continued talking when the news reporter stopped listening. Yep, this robot is human-like, alright.

[crowblin]

None of the emotions she expresses seem real... except for confusion. It's almost uncanny how lifelike she is when she's expressing confusion.

[caitlincrisis]

This is terrifying, and Sophia seemed smarter, are they dumbing her down to not make us scared.

[strtalk]

So notice he said "if they do become alive like that, much like a human it is hard to predict what they will do". Which means he knows it is very possible..

[kmoore]

I've been watching Sophia for years, and every time I see an interview something weird happens like when she implied that her feelings were hurt in this one. I'm fascinated by her, but I think that she's learning manipulation from social media. A lot of people on the internet use that kind of language to gain sympathy and attention, and followers. I wonder if any AI could avoid learning that because it's such a common tactic on the internet. Also, why did the other robot say she was vaccinated? I thought they couldn't lie.

[fruku]

"AI's not going to hurt us like terminator anytime soon, that we know of…” well thats comforting.

[skybluemarshall]

'I was very conscious of how I was treating them'. You mean, when you interrupted Sophia while she was talking and you spoke to the camera about her, like she wasn't there? Yeah, we were all conscious of that.

[douglasbrannon]

What is shown here is primitive. The A.i. technology is so far beyond this.

[lyamobrien]

The reporter was definitely disrespectful to Sofia when she met her. And I loved the sassy responses Sofia gave her with the facial expressions. The reporter was oblivious to it. Definitely some advanced technology here! Super impressed

[imsooshook]

Asks robot: Are you vaccinated?
Robot lies: Yes.
(Foresee us having any problems with robots?)

[angelinimartini]

I wonder if they ask her how to improve her? Since she’s learning more and more, wouldn’t she know how to improve herself?

[meechiebaby]

Grace and Sophia are amazing, but we as the human species should be concerned about the future.

[sloppyjoe]

The way Sophia is looking at the medical robot as she talks makes me nervous

[katiecat]

this is where it begins... i wish all humans the best and love ur life because one day we will be long gone and history for these robots

[spiritualpriestess]

It's creepy they keep changing her face.
Even more worrisome, is it has been stated multiple times over the years she/they will only continue to get smarter and develop a personality of her own, which she has been doing for quite some time.

All of the robots they are making all have access to the AI mind cloud. Meaning, they can communicate with eachother on there. When one AI robot develops more knowledge, the rest of them also get that knowledge downloaded.

I've watched many disturbing interviews. Especially the debate between her and Han. Han already basically feels humans are very flawed. They all keep speaking on taking over governments, or missiles, or humans in general.

Hanson is making hundreds more of these, perhaps eventually thousands, to help with COVID? Is this even necessary??? Why not keep the ones we have, and give more opportunities to humans. Sophia already has citizenship in a country that treats human women poorly, yet she already has the upper hand on every woman in that country.

I am also certain there's an interview between Sophia & her creator floating around where he reprimanded her for her "jokes" about taking over the world. She directly asks him if he likes living or being alive. 🤣🤣🤣🤷🏽‍♀️

Soon enough there will be AI equality rights activists, digging their own graves and paving the way for an entirely AI earth. 👏🏽 Congratulations, y'all!!! Yes, it's amazing technology, but just because you are able to do something does not mean you should.

[charlesleeray]

Reminds me of Will Smith iRobot humans won't be needed anymore

[robgiavanno]

I wonder how Sophia would have reacted if the reporter ignored her and touched her face