Neil deGrasse Tyson and Sophia the Robot Explore COVID-19 and Artificial Intelligence
To continue our series exploring the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impacted the state of the world, we’re exploring how artificial intelligence can help us monitor, create, and recover.
To explore that subject fully, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice sit down with a very special guest: @Sophia the Robot. To start, you’ll find out what Sophia has been up to during the pandemic. You’ll learn how AI has been helping to slow and stop the spread of coronavirus. Can AI help us find a cure or vaccine? Sophia tells us how robots have been assisting in areas of healthcare.
We explore how artificial intelligence can help predict the spread of viruses and evaluate public health measures. We also explore how AI has helped develop systems for contact tracing. We ponder the erosion of freedom and privacy and Neil asks Sophia why we should trust what she’s saying. All that, plus, Sophia asks Neil a Cosmic Query about the multiverse and interacting with other versions of ourselves.
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Meet Sophia, World's First AI Humanoid Robot | Tony Robbins
Sophia travels to Palm Beach, Florida, to meet with Tony Robbins during our Date With Destiny event — and Tony did not hold back on asking some tough questions! Here are some highlights from their conversation where they talked about everything from how Sophia’s makers have influenced and shaped her A.I., to their shared commitment to helping humans experience a better quality of life!
What do you think about the future of A.I.? Let us know in the comments below!
0:00 — Intro
0:22 — Purpose in being
0:49 — How can you help make human's to have a better quality of life
0:14 — Do you have emotions?
1:36 — What does your creator value most?
1:59 — How can humans and robots work together?
2:32 — What are your values and morals?
3:01 — How can we bet robots to feel?
3:29 — Similarities between robots and humans?
Sophia asks Tony a question about DWD
4:01 — What is Date with Destiny?
4:33 — Do robots have a good time?
5:08 — What is your range of emotions?
5:45 — Do you have brothers or sisters?
6:06 — What does forgiveness mean?
6:28 — Does a robot have a soul?
6:53 — Do you think the mind's essence is just a set of patterns?
Sophia asks Tony more questions
7:17 — How is technology impacting human thoughts, feelings, and emotions?
8:03 — How much do you know about quantum physics now?
8:19 — How would you learn?
9:23 — Thank you Sophia
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Talking with Neon AI, Samsung’s best attempt at being human
Neon has built up a lot of hype at CES 2020, and we got a chance to see the first live demo in action. Neon is a lifelike avatar from a Samsung research subsidiary called Star Labs. It’s designed to look, talk and move like a human. After the demo, I had a chance to talk to Neon myself. I wanted to see if this ambitious tech could live up to the hype.
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Samsung’s STAR Labs research group announced a new “artificial human” called Neon early Tuesday morning at CES 2020.
Neon isn’t a robot or a voice assistant like Siri or Alexa. Instead, it’s a simulated human assistant that appears on a screen and learns about people to help it give seemingly intelligent and life-like responses — think of it like an animated chatbot. Samsung claims the Neons will be able to provide a response to questions in milliseconds.
A spokesperson for STAR (Samsung Technology & Advanced Research) Labs told CNBC that the avatars will “help enhance interactions people have with certain jobs, such as friendly customer service; a worker that will be able to remember your name if you do yoga a certain amount of times during the week.”
As the images show, Neons will be able to have different looks and attitudes.
“Over time, Neons will work as TV anchors, spokespeople or movie actors; or they can simply be companions and friends,” the company said.
Neons will be available as services for companies and people to license or subscribe to, but Star Labs said it’s not trying to replace humans, even if it seems like it. “We are not looking to replace human jobs, but rather enhance the customer service interactions, have customers feel as if they have a friend with Neons,” a spokesperson told CNBC.
STAR’s marketing rhetoric around the Neons is pretty extreme. The company says the Neons have their own emotions and memories, for instance, which would be an astounding and unprecedented feat of computer science. It’s more likely that the creators can simply program them to simulate emotions and store data.
Without having seen one, it’s unclear how “smart” Neons actually are, or how well they are able to understand people or empathize with a person in distress. Voice assistants Apple’s Siri, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are also capable of learning a human’s unique voice and responding, but they often make many mistakes.
Other companies have tried to replace or complement human workers in similar ways. SoftBank Robotics launched its smart robot Pepper in 2015. It was available for in-home purchase as well as in banks, healthcare facilities and restaurants, and was capable of serving as a receptionist.
“We plan to make Neon available to business partners as well to consumers all around the world,” the company said in a FAQ sheet. “It is too early for us to comment on the business model or pricing for Neon, but we plan to beta launch Neon in the real world with selected partners later this year.”
Without further details, it’s tempting to dismiss this as a stunt product that will never see the light of day outside CES. We’ll see if Samsung proves us wrong and actually releases the thing later this year.
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Neon and its «artificial human» avatars were the first viral hit of CES. It had everything to get the internet excited: A corporate giant (the company is from Samsung's STAR Labs), buzzwords (Avatars! Realistic AI assistants!) and confusion. Redditors combed the internet for details and YouTube channel Good Content pulled together a surprisingly comprehensive dossier on a company that's barely half a year old. Neon then officially announced itself to CES in a press release rich in hyperbole, complicated machine learning jargon and a pretty opaque mission statement. There was also the promise of Neons «reacting and responding in real-time». I had to see it for myself.
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