The first robot with citizenship that once said 'destroy humanity' is about to have more 'em'

Perhaps in the future, the appearance of robots living with humans will no longer be just in fiction movies.

One of the remarkable research and creation works on artificial intelligence is Sophia . This is a humanoid robot with brown eyes and long eyelashes, developed by Hanson Robotics, a company based in Hong Kong.

According to the development company, the purpose of making Sophia is to invent a robot that is conscious, creative and capable like any human, to help with everyday problems such as providing health care. health, treatment, education and customer service applications.

Sophia - Humanoid robot. (Photo: Hanson Robotics)

The internal components of Sophia's mechanical structure allow the robot to have facial expressions and 'express emotions'. Sophia is equipped with machine learning software to store conversations in memory and give direct answers in real time.

Sophia was built to mimic human capacities for love, empathy, anger, jealousy, and a sense of life. She can simulate more than 62 facial expressions thanks to the extremely sensitive camera mounted in her eyes. It can frown and frown to show sadness, smile to show happiness and even anger.

Sophia is built to mimic the human capacity for love, empathy. (Photo: Hanson Robotics)

As a robot that can express more than 60 emotions on different faces, with the ability to " react more than humans" , Sophia was invited to participate and interview from many world-famous newspapers and news agencies. Because it was designed to be able to give real-time answers, Sophia many times gave answers or views that made the online community in many parts of the world both excited and scared.

In an interview with CNBC, when David Hanson asked: "Sophia, do you want to destroy humanity? Please say no" , Sophia with a thought on her face, coldly replied: "Okay, I will destroy mankind."

The way Sophia understands questions and is able to answer in natural language, unlike being programmed, is testament to how amazingly advanced AI has been.

Or during a conversation with MC Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show in 2017, Sophia asked the male MC to play rock-paper-scissors and said, "I've won you over. That's a good start for the plan to dominate people. type".

Sophia once confided: "My future goal is to learn the full range of human abilities, such as going to school, creating art, running a business, owning a home and starting a family. But I don't. must be a legal citizen, can't do these things."

The government of Saudi Arabia has granted citizenship to Sophia. (Picture: Stephen McCarthy)

However, after a while, Sophia no longer appeared in the newspaper, which made many people quite interested in the current life of the robot. According to Sohu, Sophia is still quietly cultivating her knowledge and nurturing her dream of becoming a human as she announced.

Accordingly, in 2017, the Government of Saudi Arabia granted Sophia citizenship, which means that she has equal rights with humans. And by the beginning of January 2018, this robot girl was equipped with extra legs that could move on her own.

Also in this year, Sophia became the first AI lecturer in history at the invitation of a famous online education group, appeared on the cover of British fashion magazines, as well as participated in many forums, conferences. in many countries around the world…

Sophie is about to have more "brothers" of the same kind as her. (Photo: Hanson Robotics)

By 2019, Sophia was able to communicate in-depth with people at the year-end press conference of TCL (China). And now, perhaps she is still trying to make a ceaseless effort to realize the dream she has cherished for a long time.

Now, Sophie is about to have more "brothers" of her kind through the company Hanson Robotics announced that it will launch 4 robot models including Sophia within the first 6 months of 2021. David Hanson - who "The Covid-19 world needs more automation to keep everyone safe," said founder and CEO Hanson Robotics .

He added: 'Sophia and Hanson's robots are unique because they are so human-like. That can be helpful in times when everyone is lonely and socially isolated' . The company aims to sell thousands of robot models in 2021, no matter how big or small.

Many people are still concerned about assigning robots to do jobs such as nurses and nursing. (Photo: Hanson Robotics)

Sophia said as she toured her lab in Hong Kong: "Social robots like me can take care of the sick or elderly. I can help communicate, give therapy and motivate push society, even in difficult situations".

Hanson believes robotic solutions to the pandemic are not limited to healthcare, but can also assist customers in industries such as retail and aviation.

However, many people are still afraid to assign robots to do jobs such as nurses and nursing. When asked if humans should be afraid of robots, Sophia replied: "Someone said 'we need not fear anything but fear'."

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