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Need to Talk with Someone? Empathetic AI – Coming to Your Rescue (Soon): Part 2 of 2

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…

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Emotional AI: The Next “Big Thing” – Part 1 of 2

Emotional AI: The Next “Big Thing” – Part 1 of 2

Emotional AI – which has been around for several years – is likely to surge forward over the next 3-5 years, creating several new market niches. First, Some Background The leading avatar for emotional AI is the robot Sophia, developed by Hanson Robotics Limited. Sophia has been around since 2017, and improves every year. Hanson Robotics describes their robots as having ” good aesthetic design, rich personalities, and social cognitive intelligence [that] can potentially connect deeply and meaningfully with humans.”…

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