| Re: When do you think an android will be...
I'd certainly trust machines, human looking or otherwise, with my laundry and cooking. Less certain about kids, however.
They have made a robotic face in Japan which can mimic emotions. It has visual sensors and smiles when you smile at it and frowns if you frown. A far cry from a fully artificial intelligence I grant you, but apparently most people who have had contact with it say it's easier to communicate with it than a standard voice synthesizer. We all come in contact with those when we call automatic answering services, some of which can understand what you say, even if it's just a limited vocabulary.
AI is already used in limited applications and some problem solving (not least computer games) but I doubt they'll be as versatile as genuine human beings for a long time to come. I'm not sure such a development would be particularly desirable either.
Humans will antropomorphize anything from machines to animals (even though paradoxically most animals are far more intelligent than the average person would give credit for, but they are not human). |