Saudi Arabia First Nation to Grant Citizenship to Humanoid Robot

[Bonaventure]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Ox6H64yu8

Sophia is more than a little creepy.  Brief insight into how the company is designing these robots.  Most of the onboard circuitry is audio/visual and motor function related.  They're cloud connected and the main AI is in the cloud.  Thus, they're sort of like the Borg Collective.  Any bit of info gathered by one is instantaneously uploaded to the cloud and all can access, process, utilize, and act on it.  Hive AI.  When you take into account what Tesla CEA Elon Musk and other tech leaders have said, that AI is a bigger threat to the human race than nukes, it starts to come into focus when you see Sophia and how fast robotics and AI is advancing year by year. 

Possibilities are of course could be benign and positive or could be sinister and negative take your pick, but consider that this movie (remake of I Robot, starring Will Smith) was only 13 yrs ago in 2004:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6RRIOZyCM


Draw your own conclusions !!    Either way it it's thought provoking . . .   

[Turin]

The Cylons will be coming for us all !

[Demar]

As long as they don't start saying "I'll be back" we're OK.   

Although, if they can learn by watching, what happens if they start watching movies that show humans being killed..... will they upload that to the cloud?

[Zoom Zoom]

The Cylons will be coming for us all !

By your command.

Certainly is a thought provoking subject to be sure.

John Henry

[Chuck in Indiana]

Ex Machina anyone?
The brightest guy I know, Ed the Rocket Scientist, (really) told me, "Charles, if we are not *very* careful, the silicon based life forms will soon realize there is no more need for the puny carbon based life forms.."

[twowheeladdict]

Amazing and Creepy at the same time.

[oldbike54]

 Clean up on aisle 7 . You guys know the rules ...

 Dusty

[twowings]

"Open the pod bay doors, HAL!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave...."

[Lannis]

Ex Machina anyone?
The brightest guy I know, Ed the Rocket Scientist, (really) told me, "Charles, if we are not *very* careful, the silicon based life forms will soon realize there is no more need for the puny carbon based life forms.."

Silicon-based life forms?

Someone's been watching too many old Star Trek (TOS) programs.

"Dammit Jim I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!"

Lannis

[twowheeladdict]

Possibilities are of course could be benign and positive or could be sinister and negative take your pick, but consider that this movie (remake of I Robot, starring Will Smith) was only 13 yrs ago in 2004:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6RRIOZyCM


Draw your own conclusions !!    Either way it it's thought provoking . . .

The first time I saw I Robot was on a notebook computer with headphones on.  It was intense being fully immersed in the experience.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Silicon-based life forms?

Someone's been watching too many old Star Trek (TOS) programs.

"Dammit Jim I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!"

Lannis

Ed doesn't have a TV, nor has he ever..

Any bit of info gathered by one is instantaneously uploaded to the cloud and all can access, process, utilize, and act on it.  Hive AI.

Houston, We have a problem..

[guzzisteve]

So, if it's a citizen they can marry it?

[Bonaventure]

As long as they don't start saying "I'll be back" we're OK.   

Although, if they can learn by watching, what happens if they start watching movies that show humans being killed..... will they upload that to the cloud?

Actually, in the 2 minute long interview video below, near the end the very same robot or series of robot made a rather awkward "Freudian slip" on camera and said she will destroy humans.  Oops.  But it's obvious that the response was not an AI formulation of intent or "thought" but just a response that had nothing behind it, an agreement to the joking question posed to it by the interviewer, a question meant to glean a likely scripted response of "no" but it backfired on him and based on 10 million views on the video so far has generated quite a hub bub.  At about 2:01 on the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0_DPi0PmF0

[TimmyTheHog]

So, if it's a citizen they can marry it?

There are already people who married to their dogs & phone and such, I am sure marrying this Sophie won't be too hard...

https://www.ranker.com/list/13-people-who-married-inanimate-objects/jude-newsome