Recently, I watched this movie called, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and to be frank, I cried a waterfall throughout most of it T.T … It’s a great movie, I didn't expect to receive such emotions from a simple sci-fi movie. I highly suggest you to watch it, though, so that we can be crybabies together lol . Anyhow, suddenly this AI thing has intrigued me even more then before.
So, I want to share all these cool and maybe scary things about AI ehehe..
FEM-BOTS
Did you notice about the voices the AI assistants have? Did you notice how most of them echo with a female voice? Well yeah, they do, and this interesting fact about AI will make you believe that most of the AI industry consists of female bots, also known as fembots. Be it, Siri, Cortana or Alexa, you must have recognized most of the female AI bots.
Actually, there is a reason behind the women-centric voice of these bots and why the female voice is more preferred for the role of an assistant. Studies suggest that people find it preferable to hear a female voice, compared with the male voice. Most men are attached to female voices and that is why most of the AI bots are programmed with the female voice. It’s not the end, female AIs are not only loved in the real world but it has also become the favorite Hollywood - with the exception of The Terminator!
PET-BOTS
It is estimated that the year 2025 will be the year of pet-bots! There are lots of pet-bots that are available now too, like Aibo and Anki Vector. Although real pets are lovable, according to pet-bot developers, they have a few downsides. They need to be fed, cleaned up, and they die. AI pets will be robots that look, feel and act like a real animal, but eliminate such “issues” experienced by owners.
MIND READING?
Although, recently AI is supposedly able to read our mind. A new methodology has been developed by roboticists that can create an image of your thoughts using an FMRI scanner. The AI is designed to construct an image from your brain and compare it with other pictures, received from volunteers. So basically, we can see what others are thinking, using AI of course.
HUMANOID ROBOT?
Facts on artificial intelligence are never-ending. An amazing fact is that it reacts like humans. AI has not been considered as the temples intelligence but also these are now able to simulate and socialize with humans and share emotions. We can take Sophia the Robot as an example. This robot was created by David Hanson, the founder of Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics, who is known for creating robots that look and act like humans. Sophia was created to look like Audrey Hepburn.
Also, this lifelike humanoid robot named Sophia, has gained guaranteed citizenship of Saudi Arabia. This has brought quite a lot of controversy as the public wonders and questions whether or not robots should have rights.
The main purpose of AI is for humans to have a machine that thinks faster and more efficiently. But the question becomes, in the process, will machines take over our world? Will it help us reach our highest potential or destroy us in the process?
