In the UK, a robot addressed the House of Lords and the British Parliament this week. Her name is Ai-Da, in honor of ada lovelace, mathematician and computer pioneer. Described as a ultra realistic robot“she” has a feminine appearance with a human face but robotic arms.
Ai-Da is the result of a collaboration between Aidan Meller, who runs an art gallery, engineers from the robotics company Engineered Arts, and scientists from the University of Oxford. It is equipped with cameras in its eyes and is driven by artificial intelligence. She was designed to be an artist who draws, paints and sculpts. She testified about the impact of new technologies on the creative economy.
Excerpt from the question and answer sequence with the robot Ai-Da in front of the House of Lords in England. (Only in English, enable automatic translation of subtitles). © The Guardian
Ai-Da fell asleep in the House of Lords
When asked how his creations differ from those created by humans, the robot I have answered : ” I am, and depend on, computer programs and algorithms. Although I don’t live, I can still create art. The questions were sent in advance so that its artificial intelligence could generate consistent answers, which did not prevent some problems. Ai-Da notably spoke of “neutral networks” instead of “neural networks”, a single letter mistake in English.
A the house of the lordsAfter being greeted by Baroness Lynne Featherstone, Ai-Da seemed to fall asleep, crashing. Aiden Meller then put sunglasses on her before rebooting her, explaining that ” when we restart it, sometimes it can make very interesting faces “. Then he was able to answer a question from the baroness who said that ” the role of technology in artistic creation…
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