Concern about a possible rebellion of artificial intelligence always hovers over any robot presentation event. In a context of warning about the dangers of the evolution of AI, the response of one of them, and not his words, has scared many.
The rebellion of robots against humanity is a recurring theme in literature and movies. That is why one of the questions that is repeated the most to the machines themselves is: will you rebel against us? The last answer of a robot, has been correct in its words, but… And its gestures? Could I be lying?
In the context of a new presentation of robots powered by artificial intelligence, located in the AI Geneva forum, a press conference was held with the machines themselves. One of them, known for her human-like gestures, named Ameca, was the focus of the event.
Questioned as to whether she would rebel against her creator in the future, Ameca held back a long dramatic pause and with her eyes blanked for a second, she looked at her interviewer sideways, almost annoyed. After the gesture, a politically correct speech began.
“I’m not sure why you think that, my maker has always been kind to me, and I’m totally happy with my current situation.he,” he replied.”Robots like me can be used to help improve our lives and make the world a better place. I think it’s only a matter of time before we see thousands of robots like me making a difference.”, he explained later.
The creator of Ameca denies the possibility that it can reproduce sarcasm
Consulted by Insider, the creator of the robot, Will Jackson, explained the situation. “It takes around two seconds for the model to process the input data and construct a meaningful sentence in response, to prevent people from assuming the robot is frozen, we programmed it to look up to the left and break eye contact”.
The confusion, according to Jackson, would have come from the placement of Ameca at a higher point than the interviewers.
Being above them, the gesture could have been misinterpreted. Instead of looking like she was breaking eye contact, thinking, it would seem like she was looking sarcastically. “Language models have no emotions, no good or bad intentions.s”.
This last year of unprecedented advancement of artificial intelligence, With ChatGPT as the main reference, but also of concern even in developer companies and government agencies, which have issued warnings about the need to regulate AI, it has made it possible for Ameca’s very human reaction to have scared many.