Sophia the robot wants a baby

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She’s the first robot in the world to become a citizen of a country and now Sophia says she wants a baby.

A month after she made history in Saudi Arabia the humanoid robot has said family is “a really important thing.”

Sophia isn’t pre-programmed with answers, instead she uses machine learning and responds reading people’s expressions.

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Designed by Hong Kong firm Hanson Robotics she said she would name a robot daughter after herself.

Her brain functions with a simple wi-fi connection and it’s loaded with a long list of vocabulary.

While Sophia has some impressive capabilities, she doesn’t yet have consciousness, but David Hanson have said they expect that could happen within a few years.

 

Source: bbc.co.uk

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