Thanks, very interesting :) On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 02:31, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I did not "make" Sophia..... Actually no one person made Sophia, but > for sure the one who comes closest to deserving that title is Dr. > David Hanson who sculpted her face and invented the animation tech > behind her face and leads the company Hanson Robotics that makes > her... > > However -- I was, for a while, the leader of the *software division* > at Hanson Robotics, managing the team that built the software for > Sophia.... So I did have a hand in many aspects of Sophia, including > dialogue, sensation, movement, decision, etc. etc. .... But the > hardware was built by a different team w/in the company. > > I stepped back from that role once I co-founded SingularityNET, as > running SingularityNET Foundation is now taking most my time ... but I > am still serving as Chief Scientist of Hanson Robotics, meaning that > I'm the one who coordinates the AI aspects of the software behind > Sophia and the other Hanson robots. There is also an active > collaboration on OpenCog-and-SingularityNET-for-robotics-and-avatars, > between the SingularityNET and Hanson Robotics teams... > > As it happens, Linas has also contributed to the software underlying > Sophia here and there ,and helped out Hanson Robotics in other ways... > > I relocated to Hong Kong in 2011, and my friend David Hanson moved > here a few years later to keep me company (OK well there was a little > more to it than that ;D) and brought his company with him.... It's a > pretty sensible place for a robotics company because Shenzhen, the > world's electronics workshop is right across the border.... > > -- Ben > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 6:47 AM Linas Vepstas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hanson Robotics creates Sophia, not Ben. > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 3:03 PM Stefan Reich via AGI < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I only just found out. > >> > >> And this is the list he created? Or no? I'm updating my mental model of > the AGI scene. :) > >> > >> Cheers > >> Stefan > >> > >> -- > >> Stefan Reich > >> BotCompany.de // Java-based operating systems > > > > > > > > -- > > cassette tapes - analog TV - film cameras - you > > Artificial General Intelligence List / AGI / see discussions + > participants + delivery options Permalink > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "The dewdrop world / Is the dewdrop world / And yet, and yet …" -- > Kobayashi Issa -- Stefan Reich BotCompany.de // Java-based operating systems ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T1f4972659dbbc002-M26c4c76c5204c17427a75c09 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
