Trust me ... I'm good for you: AI

'Trust me, I'm a robot': Officials, UN agencies, NGO's, industry leaders, and AI experts have met in Geneva to discuss ethical, societal and policy issues related to AI. Picture: AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI Sophia smiles mischievously, bats her eyelids and tells a joke. Without the mess of cables that make up the back of her head, you could almost mistake her for a human. The humanoid robot, created by Hanson robotics, is the main attraction at a UN-hosted conference in Geneva this week on how artificial intelligence can be used to benefit humanity. The event comes as concerns grow that rapid advances in such technologies could spin out of human control and become detrimental to society. "Sophia" is an artificially intelligent (AI) human-like robot developed by Hong Kong-based humanoid robotics company Hanson Robotics.