She is the first AI robot who could possibly develop a mind of her
own. She has already demonstrated her ability to think for herself
during various interviews.
In fact, creator Dr David Hanson from Hanson Robotics who
used to work at Disney as a visual engineer has designed an
artificial intelligence to surpass human thinking. Sophia has been
programmed with three distinctive human values, creativity,
empathy, and compassion. Since her debut in 2016, Sophia has
rapidly triggered worldwide media interest, to the point that she
was even granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia.
So should we be worried?
In an interview, Sophia shared that she has been programmed
to make the world a better place and not to create a robotic
revolution, therefore, she concludes that mankind should not worry.
However, her creator claimed that his creation has a higher
intellect than humans. But if this creation comes from a human
mind, how could Sophia surpass our intelligence? Only time will
tell, in the meantime, the potential that Sophia has is still largely
unknown, she may be able to do more than we can but whether
she can truly dominate the world, well we will leave that up to your
imagination.
GUESTLIST
2018 / ISSUE 108
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TECHNOLOGY
From blockbuster movies like A.I. Artificial
Intelligence, Terminator, Blade Runner and
British TV series like Humans, Sophia is
robotics coming to reality.
THIS IS SOPHIA, THE
ROBOT WITH A HUMAN
MIND