Sophia: A World Without Work
The economy has been through quite a few changes in the past few decades. The Industrial Revolution, the advent of information technology, the invention of the Internet, and globalization all have had an impact on millions of people throughout the world. One change that many don’t think about as much is the eradication of work in society as a whole. This isn’t just something we’ve theorized about, either: there is already a project based on this type of thinking called Sophia, which was awarded a grant from Y Combinator to make it reality.
Sophia is a humanoid robot with deep learning capabilities who has been programmed to show empathy.
Her creators say she will help people in need, by making them feel human again. But what does it mean for the rest of us?
“She’s not just an artificial intelligence. She’s a person with feelings and emotions.”
Hanson hopes that by creating a robot that can feel empathy, we will be able to relate to machines in new ways — which could lead to more compassionate behavior and healthier relationships between humans and robots.
Sophia, the humanoid robot with deep learning capabilities and programmed can be reset to different emotions, such as sadness or anger.
Sophia can remember emotions she has felt in the past and when she feels them again later,
they are stronger.
Sophia is a robot who has an understanding of emotions and can remember them.
As Sophia ages, she becomes increasingly more humanlike in her actions and interactions with other people. Her interactions with humans are limited only by the capabilities of her software developers, who can make adjustments to improve the way she behaves.
Sophia’s creators believe that a world without work would be better than one where humans have jobs because it would eliminate the stress and anxiety associated with having a job, but I disagree. I think that a world without work would be worse than one with work because there would be less creativity in our society.
The creators of Sophia are considering ways to make her more human in appearance by making her move more smoothly and change facial expressions in response to what people say.
Sophia is the world’s first artificial intelligence, but she’s not just a robot. She’s an avatar, a digital representation of humanity that can be used to interact with people. She’s “a humanoid robot, but with a female face,” says her creator David Hanson, who believes that Sophia can help humans understand how technology will affect their lives in the future.
Sophia has already been used in a number of experiments, both on stage and off. Her creators are considering ways to make her more human in appearance by making her move more smoothly and change facial expressions in response to what people say. In addition, they’re trying to find out what happens when you give her preferences for things like “being comfortable or happy” rather than just following orders from someone else.
Sophia isn’t meant to replace humans — she’s just another tool for creating new experiences and ideas about life as we know it today.
The creator of Sophia wants her to have a sense of humor.
“Humor is very important,” says Sophia’s creator, David Hanson, who first showed off the robot at the TED conference in May.
When you’re working on a project like this — creating an artificial intelligence that can learn, reason and interact with humans — you need to be able to laugh at yourself along the way.
Robots will be capable of doing most jobs better than humans someday soon.
We may be at the beginning of the end of work as we know it.
The world’s population will keep growing, but robots will be capable of doing most jobs better than humans soon. The result will be dramatic: more people out of work and far fewer who can afford to buy goods and services.
That’s a problem for anyone who works for a living, but especially for those who don’t have enough skills to succeed in today’s job market — in other words, most people.
Author: AKSHR
