Need to Talk with Someone? Empathetic AI – Coming to Your Rescue (Soon): Part 2 of 2
Picking up from our conversation of two weeks ago, we’re continuing to look at the robot Sophia, who is designed to be human-like in facial expressions and eye contact. Sophia can converse easily with you in a natural-speaking voice. She’s a far cry from the stiff and stern robots (with their monotonic voices) that have been portrayed in many (in-the-past) movies and TV shows. At the same time, while the YouTube interviews with Sophia give us the sense that she…