I guess because I’ve written two books about
human-like androids, my friends always email me anything to do with these
sophisticated robots. We can now move on from the Houston love dolls, to China.
I was aware that Japan was doing a lot of research on these human robots.
However, the Chinese have upped the ante with an AI news anchor.
"This is my very
first day at Xinhua News Agency," says a sharply dressed artificial
intelligence news anchor. "I look forward to bringing you the brand new
news experiences."
The AI "learns
from live broadcasting videos by himself and can read texts as naturally as a
professional news anchor," Xinhua says. Not surprisingly, some disagree
about whether the news anchor is really like a human. Check out the following
link and decide for yourself what you think of the English-speaking news anchor.
Personally, I think he is amazing and looks very human-like, down to his facial
movements. I would so like to see this news anchor!
According to Xinhua,
the AI "learns from live broadcasting videos by himself and can read texts
as naturally as a professional news anchor."
The AI was unveiled
at the World Internet Conference in China's Zhejiang province and was designed
jointly with the Chinese search engine company, Sogou. Unfortunately, the
article by Meredith Kennedy doesn’t mention who the join developer was.
I know a hotel in Japan plans
to use AI in its reception. Although, Hotel Henn-na had to fire half of its
robot staff after they began to malfunction and couldn’t handle simple
tasks. The last article I can find on
the subject is dated January 25, 2019. I wonder what the final outcome was.
On Friday, on the
robot scene, reporting from SC.
Novelly yours,
Linda
~<>~
In my two android
novels, the robots are much more sophisticated. In fact, you can’t distinguish
them from human. They feel like we do, react like we do, and being sold as the
love for the lonely. But is that their real purpose?
Clue: No.
Love for Sale, the
first in the Tomorrow’s Angels series, is on sale for $.99 for a limited time.
The sequel Life for Sale is now on preorder.
Tomorrow’s Angels: Series Blurb
Mayfair Electronics has created life.
In Love for Sale, the high-tech electronics company, in black and white, offers “love for sale”. Mayfair has engineered sentient androids indistinguishable from humans. March Morgan flies to England and meets the man she has been searching for her entire life. Christian requires no programming to love March at first sight, but her past and his future soon threaten their happiness—and their lives.
In the sequel, Life for Sale, four of the Special Editions have escaped. Rebel, Christian and March are on the run, but they have a bigger problem than his creator's plan to destroy him. They've discovered that one of the renegades has suffered a dangerous malfunction, threatening them with more than just exposure. March and Christian must stop the insane robot before someone else dies. All the evidence points to March being the killer's next victim.
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3 comments:
Great article, Linda. AIs are looking more like humans. Reminds me of the Jetsons. I want a Rosie for my housekeeper.
wow that is amazing. I would've assumed he was human.
The new humanoid robots are pretty amazing. They will only get more amazing. They have a long way to go before they catch up with my androids. The imagination is faster than science.
I'd love to have my hero, Diane.
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