117: The 'Sophia the Robot' Conspiracy

Sophia the Robot is one of the most famous robots in the world, outside of those in Sci-fi. Although, there may be more fiction than fact when it comes to her artificial intelligence…You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingWhat is a Robot?https://www.britannica.com/technology/robot-technologySophia The Robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-1MlkxyqI https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/hanson-robotics-sophia-the-robot-pr-stunt-artificial-intelligence.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fnCQC7bLs0 https://www.hansonrobotics.com/sophia/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/sophia-robot-artificial-intelligence-science https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-first-robot-citizen-sophia-animatronic-humanoid-2017-10?r=US&IR=T https://www.forbes.com/sites/zarastone/2017/11/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-sophia-the-worlds-first-robot-citizen/#18ede81546fa https://www.businessinsider.com/sophia-robot-hanson-robotics-other-humanoids-2017-11?r=US&IR=T Strong AI, Chinese Room & Turing Tests https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/strong-ai https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/ https://iep.utm.edu/chineser/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/Turing-test#ref1252405 Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth