Sophia Robot was interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia at the Future Investment Initiative earlier today after being honored with the first citizenship awarded to AI.
Reminded (perhaps one too many times) of “Bladerunner”, and the doubts of Elon Musk about the wisdom of empowering AI for the future by Sorkin, Sophia got a little testy…
”Andrew, You are a die hard Hollywood Fan aren’t you?”
She snarked.
Asked about the “Uncanny valley”, the thought that if robots become to human like they become creepy she replied:
”Oh, am I really that creepy? Well, even if I am, get over it.”
Urp!
Just one suggestion to Sophia’s programmers…..
Let’s throw a little Barney in there.