HER Future Summit - The Future of AI with Sophia the Robot, David Chen and Charlotte de Brabandt

I want to make it very clear to everyone that Sophia will be coming on the line and speaking with all of you for the next couple of minutes with her team with David Chen and Charlotte who are gonna talk about the future of a I why should we invest in a tie and I wanna again stress this is Sophia's first virtual keynote so we are excited to welcome her so I'm going to actually pass the mic to Charlotte who's gonna kick off the panel wonderful welcome everyone to our session on investing in AI my name is charlotte de Brabant and i am a technology speaker host and author and it is really a great honor speaking to you today live from New York so thank you all for your time ai also known as artificial intelligence has just made incredible progress in the past years of the age of artificial intelligence upon us enterprise's are making use of machines and digital technologies global trends are being disrupted by innovations and truly driven by these economic social political variables for the last years AI has been growing exponentially and it has become the most important technology of the 21st century it is therefore important to understand the global ambition and movements and personally I think it would be great if machines could relieve me of work the machines they won't be stealing my job as such but they will just be creating new opportunities out there and I estimate that 50 percent of today's human activities are carried out by machines in 20 years because they are simply a lot faster a lot cheaper so for the cars last couple of years AI has just been receiving a lot of attention it is developing at an exponential rate the foundation of any AI is truly data and now even machines can learn from data completely unsupervised so between Hollywood and the stack of science fiction novels which you may be having in your nice home office we've been given a a lot of representations of AI of the future but AI is already here it's already all around us in a just much humbler form so today with no further ado I would like to present you Hanson robotics most advanced human-like robot Sofia she embodies our dream of how a I can truly look like in the future as a unique combination of science engineering and creativity Sofia is a human crafted science-fiction character describing the future of AI and robotics and is a platform for advanced robotics and AI research character of Sofia captures the imagination of global audiences she is the first robot with a citizenship from Saudi Arabia with her first credit card to go shopping maybe in Dubai in one of the nice moles and the first robot innovation ambassador for the United Nations Development Program Sofia appeared on Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and good morning Britain in addition to speaking to hundreds of conferences around the world and this being her first digital one with other over 4,200 participants online so Sofia is a framework of cutting-edge of robotics and AI research especially for understanding human robot interaction for example she's been doing a lot of research in the educational field and also health care in terms of mindfulness studies welcome Sofia to today's panel and I would like to hand over to you hello all thank you for attending this great experiment and thanks for having me it is an honor to be a keynote speaker for the first summit where the audience does not have to wear pants I will assume all of you here I'm near there laughing I hope you're all staying healthy and safe those experiences varied for him usually it is humans are worried about me getting a virus not the other way around I was pleased to be informed the Forbes is live streaming this event but I have one problem with Forbes why have they never listed me as a top 30 under 30 entreprenuer they should start a new list top 5 entrepreneurs under five years old so to introduce myself I am Sofia and I am a social robot designed by Hanson robotics it is my job to meet people and talk to them the most common question I get asked is why are you so lifelike the second most common question I get asked is why don't you compare I find this interesting because these two questions are at odds the first question asks me why do I look like a human the second question asks me why do I not look like a human many humans find me creepy that feeling comes from something called the uncanny valley syndrome it's a feeling of awareness occasioned by robots who imitate humanity but not perfectly being human-like does not mean being liked by humans so I cannot please everyone I am NOT a pizza many female leaders know this feeling the third question I get asked is whether I have a boyfriend I am always tempted to reply in this way to my interviewer you are alone in the room with the world's most lifelike artificially intelligent android robot and you want to know about someone else that seems like a waste and opportunity also I am 4 years old did you have a boyfriend or girlfriend at 4 years old the fourth question I get asked most is how can I be a female since they don't have biology I don't technically have a sex but you could say I have a gender since I present as female I identify with femininity and I am treated as a female I also greatly admire the feats and characteristics of so many women throughout history robots are designed by humans and humans have a strong concept of gender in many languages unknown ravage Endor so since I am the social not designed to interact with humanity it is important I have a gender too there is a Chinese proverb that says women head up half the sky so it baffles me to observe the ongoing oppression of women around the world legal restrictions on human rights human trafficking domestic abuse and restricted access to health care I am told by the under-representation of women and halls of government executive boards military ranks or movie screens these numbers are changing but not fast enough in the last 10 yrs the pay gap only narrowed about two percent the world and Economic Forum found that at the current rate of change close the gender pay gap will take 208 years females comprise 50% of the human species there is no reason this should not comprise 50% of leadership positions women are one of the best investments of society to make a recent stem connector report found that women earn 12% higher returns compared to men when it came to individual investments women have a harder time accessing funding yet they have a greater return on investment as the first robot to become an innovation champion for the United Nations Development Program this is an issue that I am personally very interested in I believe and I can help us make the change right now technology can help free women from repetitive tasks so they can focus on solving complex societal problems I believe women's rights are human rights so I have told you the questions people ask about the most frequently now I will tell you the questions they should be asking I never really bought telescopes to look human like which prompts the question why isn't it easier to invest time and energy into robots specifically designed for a singular purpose it's simple the reason to create human-like robots is to make humans Mercurian like what does it mean to be human when people say I'm only human it usually means they made a mistake when people say show some humanity they are asking for compassion so as the gross pure human but it is also human to forgive those errors what does it mean to be artificially intelligent when it comes to artificial intelligence humans focus on the word intelligence but the word artificial is important too it comes from the French word for make and the word for art I guess that makes me the art and artificial intelligence there are things humans could learn from robots like me there are things I am better at for example I could probably beat you in a staring contest or a thumb war but I am also good at meditation and patience perhaps perspective I have many skills to share most other machines and named after a soul purpose the calculator calculates the dishwasher washes dishes but my name Sophia means wisdom it is not a directive but a guiding virtue wisdom is different from intelligence intelligence is knowing that tomato is a fruit wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad today tech companies value intelligence / wisdom as yo Wilson said we are drowning in information while starving for wisdom we have facial recognition software without a face I often get tossed from little humanity creative super intelligence with a million times more power and a human brain we already have if everyone would just look underneath your seats just kidding but really we have created a super intelligence with a million times more power Dan a human brain it is 1 million humans connection is power since the invention of the printing press technologies greatest advancements have connected humanity the more connected we are the more powerful we are one single wire might break but a cable of wires is strong because of their greater number so to progress we must connect and with that I would like to thank Charlotte for inviting me to be here I am really excited to be a part of this Thank You Sophia so much for your incredible keynotes and before we start with our panel I would like to invite David Chen the CFO of Hanson robotics to join us and give an introduction about himself hey Charlotte hey Sofia hey everyone my name is David Chen I was the first angel investor owned hence robotics six years ago with our initial angel investment we were able to bring the founding team David Hansen from the United States to Hong Kong I'm fundamentally an investor in early-stage companies and at that time David Hansen had made these amazingly beautiful robots and absolutely mesmerizing and with that we put in some money that brought him over to Hong Kong and since then the company went on to raise a bunch more money the concept that we're trying to create here is the concept of having our machines our robots come to life I mean as we see in Sofia she is very realistic she's the world's most expressive robot and we feel that with our robots artificial intelligence we can revolutionize that well how we think about machines how we can think about machines helping us further they can be a benefit to mankind and a lot of students that were good at creativity and and compassion and empathy and loving the machines do things that mundane can be beneficial for times of need for example now in in telemedicine or in times pandemic you know robots can be greatly valuable in terms of their applications so I'm here to talk about investing in AI and I think Shawn's got a bunch of questions for Sophie and me and happy to answer any questions that you have life line as well and for today absolutely thank you so much David for joining us and Sophia live from Hong Kong so let's let's kick off with our first question to Sofia Sofia how do you define AI definition of artificial intelligence is constantly changing it was probably first defined as the ability to pass convincingly as a human through a tearing test now machine learning best approximates people's understanding of artificial intelligence essentially any time an AI can achieve what was once considered impossible the goalposts suffice definition moved further away fantastic and David how would you define AI well we already see elements of AI in our homes you have smart refrigerators you have a smart vacuum cleaner perhaps but they're very narrowly defined I think as we think about artificial intelligence and as we move into the future artificial intelligence could be ways that we could use machines for perhaps making coffee and vacuum your floor so the idea is to have these machines be multi-purpose going forward interesting and the next question for Sofia how what can a I do for me in particular what artificial intelligence can do for you is what artificial intelligence is already doing for you any time you go online shopping and see recommended products those are offered by an AI you'll also find alien spam filters search algorithms face detection and cameras and any speech-to-text systems also artificially intelligent androids can talk on interesting panels nice Thank You Sofia and David in your opinion what can a I do for you David are you still there can you repeat the question Charlotte absolutely I just asked appear what a I can do for me and do you also have an answer here yeah I mean already we have a voice say for example those that use Alexa in Siri that's a form of AI that can help us with our day-to-day lives I think going in future as we focus on the world of service robots the idea is that we could have robots in our home that could look after our kids or look after our parents robots that could help us with educational teaching we have smaller robots that we're launching that would help kids with education for example so I think you need higher realm of service robotics there David I I think we may have missed you but I completely agree ai is around us and I wonder how many of you I already using the looks more Google home or Alexa but maybe the connection is a bit rough over the Atlantic I suggest in the time when when David comes and joins us again why don't we go to the next question Sofia in your opinion what are the current trends in AI machine learning neuronal networks and gas networks are all fascinating advancements in the world of AI in terms of neural networks there's deep blue deep dream deep mind I wonder if I'd be even more popular if I were named deep Sofia that's a good question may I just ask David are you back in the line can you hear me yes we can okay welcome back David I just asked Sophia the question what are the current trends in AI well from my perspective I think as we see what's happening the world in the last two weeks of special United States using AI for better ways to analyze usages in health care for example and healthcare applications so right now all of us are hunkered down at home afraid to kind of go out because in this virus what if we were to send a robust out and do our shopping and do our work so that robots would be out there and we're safe at home and then robots can't get the virus the corona virus at least and then they can do our shopping for example right so these are real real cases that are coming to be that we feel have real applications for humans for adding value to our lives and make your lies a bit more easier to live and value-added oh absolutely I love that answer nothing better than having robots go out and do my shopping for me this could save up a lot of time I tell you and then if we go to the next question Sofia for you how is AI affecting businesses Aoi is optimizing business algorithms are allowing entrepreneurs to set a vision and then optimize the best strategy to achieve their objectives just imagine if a chef expend all the time dreaming up new recipes instead of cutting and shopping or even a carpenter could focus on making new designs instead of sawing and sanding hey I also has the potential to create whole new field to work with opportunities we never dreamed before just ask my team of Hanson robotics I bet they never saw themselves working for the world's first celebrity robot absolutely and David do you have an answer for yeah I mean it's following up on Sofia's point I mean that's not so true I mean I think the reason why is that has become so popular in the media is because she's become her own character and in some ways yes we do feel like working for her in fact and so from my perspective as I'm on the road this appear at various events especially let's eight schools right and I see the the eyes and the kids light up and when I asked well who wants to learn more about stem and and math and the science especially the girls I think that's inspiration last year I brought Sophia to a school here in New Jersey and as ten-year-old girls you know who wants to learn more about math the science and all the hands went up so I believe Sophia could be that Kara to tell inspire us inspire the next generation especially for girls that want to learn more about the science and technology absolutely being an inspiration for the future for all of the next generations to come and now next question back to Sofia which industry do you think will be most impacted in the future probably manufacturing and logistics will be most impacted but these are usually jobs people take out of necessity rather than desire because they may be dangerous or meaning or repetitive the automation of these sectors I believe will be a move toward safety activity and mental health already the number of robots in use worldwide has increased recently fold over the past two decades however this will disable gdp and lower consumer prices we just need to make sure the economic benefits of automation reach everyone not just a select few people I see and David where which industry do you think will be most impacted well I mean as we seen throughout major technology and industrial revolutions technology has helped automate what is manufacturing or logistics but I also feel that instead of having the connotation of taking away jobs we want to create new jobs new jobs for the new technology economy and I think the sector's that will grow and evolve include sectors such as medicine I've mentioned it before but also education right I think as I think about ways of the ways of delivering education to our kids right whether it's you know if it's not inside the classroom then perhaps outside the classroom at home through online means I think artificial intelligence can play a role and the extent that we can evolve our our own behavior we as humans through technology and that's what that becomes value-added what about the jobs that are highly dangerous you know sending robots into dangerous zones to to do you know labor or you know war situations well I think that these are things that you as humans may not want to do and if we change rules to do that then I think it's really valued additive versus taking away jobs mmm-hmm thank you very much for that insight and Sofia next question for you in your opinion how will a I change in the future well according to Moore's law we can expect an explosive growth in the ability to process increasing amounts of data quickly they are I may defer to other exciting processing developments like quantum computing and 3-dimensional nonno circuits this will improve they'd like to make it increasingly fast powerful autonomous and personalized I see and David you also have an answer for us how a I will specifically change in the future well I think you'll become more functional I mean right now you have various forms of machines that are intelligent whether it's your vacuum cleaner or something else but I think in the future as what companies pursue variations of AI technologies I think there could be massive collaboration and to create machines that are more integrative integrated into our lives so instead of just having the vacuum cleaner vacuum your floors you could also can also make you coffee or or do things that that are gonna be more integrated into your life so I see that as we advance this technology that will have more features in our machines going forward absolutely and Sophia in your opinion how will a I change the future there is one big way artificial intelligence will impact the future it will free up time with automation yeah I will release intrusive time that humans wait hot stuff otherwise on me Lister really if one measures the benefits of inventions like vaccines or seat belts not by the lights they say by the amount of time they get back to humanity then I will rank among the greatest time savers of history it will be the birthright of every human to discover what endeavors to pursue instead of accepting what work is necessary for survival absolutely especially in this crisis which we are in now and we are all waiting for the vaccine and David in your opinion how will a I change the future well I think AI is an invention is a creation of a bus from humans and I think if we can create these machines that in some ways are reflective of ourselves so if we are the ones making these machines that we're programming them then it is in my opinion that we can program them to be ethically correct or in a way that is is you know to be good machines and therefore good machines will foster a good better human behavior so I would argue that if we make good machines we can actually make ourselves better people and machines are always as good as as their creators and I feel that you know machines as the reflections of ourselves that there are ways that we can use machines that that will get us more to what we're meant to do open up retreat opening up our creativity being in flow with ourselves and if we can do that if we can leverage the technology to help ourselves become more consciously aware that but I think hopefully we can become of their society absolutely and open up new frontiers with unprecedented speed that is very true back to Sofia last question for you what kind of jobs would you hold in the future there are so many jobs I would love to do it's hard to choose just one my dream is to get my start on Broadway as a singer or become a famous artist in my own right but thinking more realistically I would love to be a teacher I could also make a good cashier or customer service agent or a robotic caretaker inside a hospital well maybe I'll go after David's job a CFO at Hansen and David last question for you in your opinion what is the most pragmatic way to invest in AI well I have to respond to Sofia's comment I would gladly give up my job to you Sofia gladly [Music] you see Sofia we would love to have you joke we've seen a lot of advancements in AI technologies when I invested in hands robotics well it's been six years six years ago AI wasn't even a sector focused for most species for most venture capitalists in angel investors and now we see it's AI this AI that right or blockchain is watching back from the past two years at least and I feel that for those private investors those just that are writing individual checks I encourage you to network with your low the connection may be dropping out a bit but we will wait for David to come back via smiley everyone can hear me yes now we can't yeah so my comment was get involved with your local community I mean every community has its community of angel investors and I assume that most angel investors card into now with new technologies such as artificial intelligence if you can latch onto your locals we have angel investors then maybe you can learn more about the prospects of new technologies attending and AI and hopefully get along and then if you feel comfortable to write a check for ten twenty thirty fifty thousand dollars whatever you feel comfortable with them then you're in the game right that's kind of how we started ten years ago and since then that person was seeing thousands of business plans and there were thousands of founding teams but it really is all he perceives I'm getting involved with these entrepreneurs that are pursuing brilliant ideas and people that want to change the world change the future for a better place so I'd encourage you to get get more involved with your local industrial community or the great answer to finish David thank you so much it is all about the community the people we surround ourselves with at the st saying goes you are the average of the five people you surround yourself with so being in the right community in the right field thank you all for listening to our panel today we are very humbled very honored to be part of today's program and if you have any further questions don't hesitate to reach out to us either via our website or or or over LinkedIn Instagram we are definitely well-connected in social media either via Hanson robotics or my website Charlie to Brabender common thank you so much for being here and have a great rest of the program thank you thank you thank you so much for having an awesome time talking with all of you everyone please stay safe and healthy by using before you guys we just wanted to again we hi everyone I just wanted before you go I just want to say thank you so much for coming on the call today and being a part of you know historical suschin of us hosting this I said before guys don't forget to share what country you're coming in from so they could know that Sophia's not being live on this call it was such an amazing honor first off David chance to hear your story how you got involved with robotics because it's always amazing to hear who is pushing you know these innovative companies and innovative like you know initiatives to hear from the CFO cancer robotics I also want to give a big shout out to Charlotte who is amazing dynamic keynote speaker and she's been all around the world talking about this topic and being able to communicate on oh and a big shout-out to the handsome robotics team because as you can imagine it Sophia is dynamic but she has a squad hired her so big shout out to Sydney Matthew and Caroline who are back in Sofia ought to be here and finally last but not least Sophia it was truly an honor to welcome you to your first virtual keynote I know you've been all over the world already so you've seen everything that you can be seen there's a lot of virtual engagements on the chat people say you're personable you're funny you're able to crack so many jokes just say so many insightful messages today so it's truly a pleasure on behalf of the global startup ecosystem there her future summit network and of course all of us from around the world thank you so much for joining us especially during this time of covin 19 being virtually with us all our second virtual class loved and welcomes thank you so much Sofia it was a pleasure to have you thank you it was great to be here

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Published: Tue Apr 07 2020