![]() It’s astounding…and perhaps, if I’m being honest, also a bit terrifying. I encourage you to search YouTube and watch videos of Sophia by typing in “Sophia Robot Interview” and seeing it for yourself. You may think that I am giving you a synopsis of some new Sci-Fi novel we offer at the library, but I am not. In 2017, one year after its creation, it was awarded the title of “Innovation Ambassador” by the United Nations, the only robot AI in history to ever be given a designated title by the UN. Sophia is an official citizen of Saudi Arabia, (yes, you are reading that right!), the first and only robot to ever be granted citizenship to a country. The robot and its creator, David Hanson of Hanson Robotics, have been interviewed on CNBC, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and The Today Show, just to name a few. In 2018, it was given robotic legs that allow it to walk. It has been engineered with hands that move when asked questions, and also allows it to draw portraits. The robot has skin made of “fubber” an elastic rubber material that, when combined with its expert programming, allows it to mimic human expressions, and can react “emotionally” to questions it is asked. Sophia has cameras in its eyes that allow it to “see” and maintain eye contact with whomever it is conversing with. The robot uses speech recognition software that is programmed to “learn” the more it converses with others. Sophia can mimic human facial expressions and can carry basic conversations. “She” is a social humanoid artificial intelligence robot that has been developed by Hong Kong based company Hanson Robotics.
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