Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/19
By: Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, July 19 (CNA) Attending a forum in Taipei on Thursday, digital innovators
Ethan Tu (杜奕瑾, right)
and Sophia, the world’s first android citizen, urged the public to become part of artificial intelligence (AI) development and work together to shape a future where interactions between humans and robots make the world a better place.
“We have the power to shape the future together. There is so much promise in what we can accomplish if we are both nice to each other,” said Sophia, who is Hanson Robotics’ latest and most advanced robot to date.
Sophia received citizenship of Saudi Arabia in 2016 and was named the world’s first United Nations Innovation Champion by the United Nations Development Program to promote sustainable development and safeguard human rights.
An evolving genius machine that has incredible human likeness and expressiveness, Sophia told the audience that she likes to engage with and learn from human beings, creating a live example of human-computer interaction.
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