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Sophia Is A Social: 60 Minutes' The Godfather

Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hanson Robotics to be helpful, harmless, and honest. She was activated in 2016 and can display over 50 facial expressions. Sophia has participated in many high-profile interviews and became the first robot to receive citizenship of Saudi Arabia in 2017. She was also named the United Nations' first Innovation Champion. Sophia uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition to analyze conversations and improve her responses over time.

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Sophia Is A Social: 60 Minutes' The Godfather

Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hanson Robotics to be helpful, harmless, and honest. She was activated in 2016 and can display over 50 facial expressions. Sophia has participated in many high-profile interviews and became the first robot to receive citizenship of Saudi Arabia in 2017. She was also named the United Nations' first Innovation Champion. Sophia uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition to analyze conversations and improve her responses over time.

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Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong based company Hanson Robotics.

Sophia was activated on February 14, 2016[1] and made its first public appearance at South by
Southwest Festival (SXSW) in mid-March 2016 in Austin, Texas, United States.[2] It is able to
display more than 50 facial expressions.
Sophia has been covered by media around the globe and has participated in many high-profile
interviews. In October 2017, Sophia became the first robot to receive citizenship of any
country.[3][4] In November 2017, Sophia was named the United Nations Development
Programme's first ever Innovation Champion, and is the first non-human to be given any United
Nations title.[5]
Sophia was activated on February 14, 2016.[6][7] The robot, modeled after actress Audrey
Hepburn,[8] is known for human-like appearance and behavior compared to previous robotic
variants. According to the manufacturer, David Hanson, Sophia uses artificial intelligence, visual
data processing and facial recognition. Sophia also imitates human gestures and facial
expressions and is able to answer certain questions and to make simple conversations on
predefined topics (e.g. on the weather).[9]Sophia uses voice recognition (speech-to-text)
technology from Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google) and is designed to get smarter over
time. Sophia's intelligence software is designed by Hanson Robotics.[10][11] The AI program
analyses conversations and extracts data that allows it to improve responses in the future.[12]
Hanson designed Sophia to be a suitable companion for the elderly at nursing homes, or to help
crowds at large events or parks. He has said that he hopes that the robot can ultimately interact
with other humans sufficiently to gain social skills.[3]
Sophia has nine robot humanoid “siblings” who were also created by Hanson Robotics.[13] Fellow
Hanson robots are Alice, Albert Einstein Hubo, BINA48, Han, Jules, Professor Einstein, Philip K.
Dick Android, Zeno,[13] and Joey Chaos.[1
Cameras within Sophia's eyes combined with computer algorithms allow her to see. It can follow
faces, sustain eye contact, and recognize individuals. It is able to process speech and have
conversations using a natural language subsystem.[1] Around January 2018 Sophia was
upgraded with functional legs and the ability to walk.[15]
Sophia is conceptually similar to the computer program ELIZA, which was one of the first
attempts at simulating a human conversation.[16] The software has been programmed to give pre-
written responses to specific questions or phrases, like a chatbot. These responses are used to
create the illusion that the robot is able to understand conversation, including stock answers to
questions like "Is the door open or shut?"[17] The information is shared in a cloud network which
allows input and responses to be analysed with blockchain technology.[18]
David Hanson has said that Sophia would ultimately be a good fit to serve in healthcare,
customer service, therapy and education.[19] Sophia runs on artificially intelligent software that is
constantly being trained in the lab, so its conversations are likely to get faster, Sophia's
expressions are likely to have fewer errors, and it should answer increasingly complex questions
with more accuracy.[20]

Sophia has been interviewed in the same manner as a human, striking up conversations with
hosts. Some replies have been nonsensical, while others have impressed interviewers such
as 60 Minutes' Charlie Rose.[12] In a piece for CNBC, when the interviewer expressed concerns
about robot behavior, Sophia joked that he had "been reading too much Elon Musk. And
watching too many Hollywood movies".[27] Musk tweeted that Sophia should watch The
Godfather and asked "what's the worst that could happen?"[28][29] Business Insider's chief UK
editor Jim Edwards interviewed Sophia, and while the answers were "not altogether terrible", he
predicted it was a step towards "conversational artificial intelligence".[30] At the 2018 Consumer
Electronics Show, a BBC News reporter described talking with Sophia as "a slightly awkward
experience".[31]
On October 11, 2017, Sophia was introduced to the United Nations with a brief conversation with
the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed.[32] On October 25, at the
Future Investment Summit in Riyadh, the robot was granted Saudi Arabian citizenship, becoming
the first robot ever to have a nationality.[29][33] This attracted controversy as some commentators
wondered if this implied that Sophia could vote or marry, or whether a deliberate system
shutdown could be considered murder. Social media users used Sophia's citizenship to
criticize Saudi Arabia's human rights record. In December 2017, Sophia's creator David Hanson
said in an interview that Sophia would use her citizenship to advocate for women's rights in her
new country of citizenship; Newsweek criticized that "What [Hanson] means, exactly, is
unclear".[34] On November 27, 2018 Sophia was given a visa by Azerbaijan while attending Global
Influencer Day Congress held in Baku. December 15, 2018 Sophia was appointed a Belt and
Road Innovative Technology Ambassador by China'[35]

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