Robots say they won’t rebel against humans as dozens gather at Switzerland summit – National | 24CA News
As the world’s governments look into methods to control synthetic intelligence (AI) amid fears by even a few of its creators that it might wipe out humanity, robots themselves are attempting to allay issues.
Robots got here collectively alongside people in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday in what was dubbed the “AI for Good” convention. The hope of its organizer, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), was to make the case for AI and the robots it’s powering to assist resolve a number of the world’s largest challenges.
Some well-known androids and robots which have been within the news in recent times had been in attendance, together with Ameca, Grace and Sophia, and through a press convention, they gave blended responses to reporters’ questions. According to the UN, the summit’s guestlist featured 51 robots — together with 9 humanoids.
Humanoid robotic Ai-Da is pictured in the course of the ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
“I will be working alongside humans to provide assistance and support and will not be replacing any existing jobs,” Grace, thought of the world’s most superior humanoid health-care robotic, stated.
According to a UN launch, Grace is a robotic who can assist individuals’s well being and well-being, whereas additionally the best way to cut back inequalities by serving to individuals with disabilities and “broadly enhance social good.”
Grace, Ameca, robotic artist Ai-Da, and “rockstar” robotic Desdemona had been peppered with questions starting from their futures to world regulation.
“Many prominent voices in the world of AI are suggesting some forms of AI should be regulated and I agree,” Ai-Da stated, showing to echo the phrases of its creator Yuval Noah Harari. “Urgent discussion is needed now and also in the future.”
Humanoid robotic Hiroshi 6 is pictured in the course of the ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
Two years in the past, Ameca started to make waves within the technological world after Cornwall-based Engineered Arts unveiled what was described as a human-like android for its practical facial expressions.
The UN described it as integrating each AI and synthetic physique (AB), that delivers superior movement and gestures, with a human kind and “robotic visage designed to make it a non-threatening, gender-neutral presence.”
Ameca was additionally questioned about when its “big moment” would come — that it hits the “mainstream” and can see extra variations of itself.
“I think my great moment will be when people realize that robots like me can be used to help improve our lives and make the world a better place,” it stated. “I believe it’s only a matter of time before we see those thousands of robots just like me out there making a difference.”
Ameca additionally rebuked issues of a possible mutiny when questioned if it was meaning to insurgent in opposition to its boss or creator Will Jackson, questioning why the reporter would suppose that and that its creator “has been nothing but kind to me.”
Humanoid robotic Ameca is pictured in the course of the ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
Many of the robots on the convention have been upgraded lately with the most recent variations of generative AI and stunned even their inventors with the sophistication of their responses to questions.
Some of the robots have additionally been designed to deal with broader social and environmental challenges because the world faces off with points together with migration and local weather change, with some disaster-assistance robots already being utilized in emergency response. Other robots are additionally getting used to rework meals preparation to make sure sustainability whereas avoiding meals waste, in accordance the to UN.
Nadia Thalmann, proper, from the University of Geneva poses subsequent to Humanoid robotic Nadine in the course of the ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
Not all of the robots on the convention, nonetheless, centered on well being or social wants. Some, like Desdemona — who performs in Jam Galaxy Band — function a extra creative aspect.
Desdemona appeared to emphasize that people and robots can work collectively to “create a better future.”
“I don’t believe in limitations, only opportunities,” it stated. “Let’s explore the possibilities of the universe and make this world our playground.”
Humanoid robotic Sophia is pictured in the course of the ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
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