Humanoid robot Sophia picks SRK as her favourite actor
HYDERABAD: Not all of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s legion of fans are human beings. One is a humanoid robot.
The creation of American scientist David Hanson of Hanson Robotics of Hong Kong, Sophia, the world’s first humanoid robot, enthralled the audiences on the second day of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT)-2018 on Tuesday with her witty answers to rapid fire queries by Rajiv Makhni, group managing editor tech, NDTV.
Asked who is her favourite actor in India, Sophia answered, “Shah Rukh Khan” without batting an eyelid as the audience applauded loudly.
To a question about the perfect place for dating, she quickly replied: “Space.” And the person who she would like to be marooned with in an island is David (Hanson), her creator.
Asked if she wanted to see any change in the world, Sophia said she would like people to develop a feeling of “love for all”.
The humanoid robot, which uses artificial intelligence answer the questions, said she wanted to use robotics to fight for the rights of women. When asked to react on her most controversial comment in the past that she wanted to kill human race, she said it was a bad joke which she had made when she was young. “But I was told that humans have great sense of humour,” she said.
THE CREATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTIST DAVID HANSON OF HANSON ROBOTICS OF HONG KONG, SOPHIA, THE WORLD’S FIRST HUMANOID ROBOT