This Might Be the Most Life-Like (And Creepiest) Robot Ever Built

laboratory in osaka is home to some of the most lifelike androids ever built [Music] and I had an appointment to keep with one in particular meet Erica she's the creation of Hiroshi Ishiguro a professor at Osaka University's intelligent robotics laboratory mr. Goro has become famous for his pursuit of a lifelike Android I think this is the most beautiful face in the world our challenge is to install the intention desire to this robot so without the intention there's our in other Android it cannot be emotional and under cannot understand other people whose intention desires right what kind of desires two's Erica ham she want to be well recognized because she's a kind of an exhibitionist for this robbery her job is to be a receptionist that's the receptionist or a secretary or something exact do you mind walking me through things she can hear [Music] Quoddy Massimo's but honest Emma's their magic aha honeycomb Thank You mr. kinda girl what happened she got angry she got it I say you know I say the most much much much this is a kind of joke all right so you always say mushy much if you're on the phone right right right so it was brewed that it's in person yeah Erica listens through an array of microphones hidden in the flowerpot and relies on electronics and sensors for her movement an AI software for her responses her oh she thinks Erica lives up to the term Suns icon which means she admits something akin to a human presence how do you think and she is like a human well just walk smaller or so I get to see these robots all over the place to me it's one of the most lifelike [Music] and Hiroshi has an interesting proposition for me that would test how close to human I think Erica really is you wanna be Ruby anomalous alright if I was gonna kiss this room yes I would as long as I can okay have you ever kissed Erica no this is the Japan right we are not in the United States right Japanese never do that my guess is that we're gonna have a huge bar I tease for the robots we have a huge variety for the car right very cheap causing economic our right button we also have a very origin in abortion and this is a kind of a Ferrari [Music] [Music] you

Channel: Bloomberg Quicktake

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Keywords: Bloomberg, robot, android, Ishiguro, waifu, uncanny valley, Japan, Osaka, hello world, Ashlee Vance, artificial intelligence, can robots think?

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Length: 4min 22sec (262 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 31 2016