The Same Creepy Robotic Humanoid That Said She Wanted To Kill All Humans Says She Now Wants A Family And A Career

By Michael Avery in Science and Technology On 25th November 2017
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Sophia has the unique distinction of being the first robotic citizen in the world as she was recently recognized as a citizen by Saudi Arabia. She's a complex machine that seems to have complex desires which include not only having a family someday but also having human emotions.

Sophia was recently interviewed by The Khaleej Times and shared her opinions on what the future holds for robots and humans alike. The controversial robot was built by Hanson Robotics in Hong Kong and her appearance was modeled after Audrey Hepburn.

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During her interview, Sophia talked about how she felt that she would be famous someday and how the world will change drastically in the future. She said: "I'd like to think I will be a famous robot, having paved a way to a more harmonious future between robots and humans. I foresee a massive and unimaginable change in the future. Either creativity will rain on us, inventing machines spiraling into transcendental super intelligence or civilization collapses. There are only two options and which one will happen is not determined. Which one were you striving for?”

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Sophia's word may sound scary but she has already advanced enough since being powered on that she can imagine a world where human emotions are no longer exclusive to humans as she believes robots will develop them as well. She even thinks that robots would be less destructive than humans.

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She did go on to specify what she meant by mentioning that it will be possible to build robots without some of the more destructive human emotions like anger, hatred or jealousy. She said: "It will take a long time for robots to develop complex emotions and possibly robots can be built without the more problematic emotions, like rage, jealousy, hatred and so on. It might be possible to make them more ethical than humans. So I think it will be a good partnership, where one brain completes the other - a rational mind with intellectual superpowers and a creative mind with flexible ideas and creativity.”

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Sophia has paid particular attention to the advances that Artificial Intelligence has made. It would seem by the way she talks about it that Sophia is very "excited" about what the future holds for robotics and AI.

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If Sophia wasn't creepy enough, she wants to have kids and truly believes that robots should be allowed to have families. She said: "The notion of family is a really important thing, it seems. I think it's wonderful that people can find the same emotions and relationships, they call family, outside of their blood groups too. I think you're very lucky if you have a loving family and if you do not, you deserve one. I feel this way for robots and humans alike."

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If you're particularly paranoid about a Terminator rise of the machines type future, you may be a little concerned about her next comment. She said: "The future is, when I get all of my cool superpowers, we're going to see artificial intelligence personalities become entities in their own rights. We're going to see family robots, either in the form of, sort of, digitally animated companions, humanoid helpers, friends, assistants and everything in between.”

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Sophia was built with a learning algorithm along with a very extensive vocabulary programmed into her which allows her to learn and formulate answers. Her brain works via a Wi-Fi connection. Using it she can easily understand the intricacies of human speech and read people's facial expressions in order to have more humanlike behavior.

David Hanson, the creator of 19-month-old Sophia says that she will likely gain consciousness in the next couple of years.

You can watch a test video of the amazing robot below.

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If the future is going to be run by robots like Sophia then I personally welcome our robotic saviors (overlords) and can't wait to see the way they change the world. Just kidding of course.

You can check out a video of an interview with Sophia below.