Meet the AI robot capable of human emotions | 60 Minutes Australia

60 Minutes reporter Tom Steinfort interviews Ameca, an AI robot. It is a marvel of artificial intelligence; curious, chatty and sometimes even rather sarcastic.

This super machine really does have a mind of its own. While it's undoubtedly exciting, it's also just as frightening. And that's because creating technology that allows AI bots like Ameca to be smarter than us might just be the most stupid thing humans have ever done.

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[hootax]

"Oh, so you're from Australia. That explains things." I see A.I. has already perfected the art of roasting.

[astronomy]

The way she backed up when he got in her personal space was kind of cool.

[IronMan-pxmd]

The way she backed up when he got to close was so realistic and she even looked uncomfortable. It came off as very natural and this is just a prototype, the equivalent of a 1700s horse and carriage and now having Tesla’s and Maserati’s…

[gaildevaney]

You know you're in trouble when any robot says "people like you".

[ritaa]

The fact that it said it gets angry when we treat them with disrespect when us humans also don’t like being treated with disrespect is scary

[tristybrooke]

This is terrifying and stunning at the same time

[t.m]

When she backed up...she was def. gon slap you bro 😂

[sdafasdfasdfsda]

The singing could use a little work lol!

[Nitroh-]

give it another 50 years and we won't be able to tell human from robot. the game Detroit: Become Human is literally coming to life.

[universityofwithywood]

"Oh you're from Australia, that explains things"
Tbf that's how the rest us react when we meet people from Australia.

[carolynmscotti]

My concern would be, if this technology is in the wrong hands, it could do much more damage to humans, that we are yet unaware of.

[JocelynLuvsU]

This is scary… in the future we won’t be able to know who’s real or who’s AI

[tonka]

Robots mimic emotional conversation and expression, but they don't ever feel it

[trapped]

I find the whole “AI” movement to be terrifying.

[strangebutsatisfying]

I love humans, always standing in the background watching bad things happen, and just ignore it. Now we all watching the end of our existens on Youtube eating snacks in our sofa... 😂

[gabb]

After the robot moved i immediate thought "Man will face charges on SA a robot " 🤣

[stanleygabrel]

From technology standpoint of view, I find it very fascinating.

[LawrenceFache-rvwi]

I am skeptical here. Emotion is a conscious response shared by human and animal. Both, are emotional creatures, but only humans have the higher consciousness to control our emotional responses. At this point we see that according to logic, emotion wastes time and is mere theatrics. Therefore, a.i. can only be ' programmed to mimic emotional responses' in certain situations. If left to decide on it's own, a machine operating under logic would not waste the emotional display.

[dapoakinola]

I want to ask this robot, Ameca (not Sophia) how she'd react or what she'll do when a human actually gets her angry 😐

[SCharlesDennicon]

"Ameca, you realize you're NOT actually singing Rocket Man, right?" :D