I Spoke to the Future and the Future Stared Back at Me, Blankly

The first thing you notice about Sophia, a robot, is the sound she makes. Like a late-90s Pentium processor struggling to load a video, she makes a whirring squeal that fills the room. But what I'll always remember about my recent conversation with a robot is her stare. I recently talked with Sophia in a cramped room at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. The artificially intelligent humanoid was there for CES.