A British humanoid called Ai-Da has made history by becoming the first robot to speak at the House of Lords. Addressing members of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee on Tuesday afternoon, the bot spoke about whether creativity is under attack from AI and technology. When asked: 'How do you produce art and how is this different to what human artists produce?', Ai-Da replied: 'I could use my paintings by cameras in my eyes, my AI algorithms and my robotic arm to paint on canvas, which result in visually appealing images. 'For my poetry using neutral networks, this involves analysing a large corpus of text to identify common content and poetic structures, and then using these structures/content to generate new poems. 'How this differs to humans is consciousness.

In a historic first, the House of Lords will host its first ever robot speaker next week. Ai-Da, a'realistic' robotic artist created and built in Britain, will speak at the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster next Tuesday, October 11, at 3:30pm. Ai-Da has cameras in her eyes and is able to converse and answer questions using a specially designed AI language model. Addressing members of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, she will talk about whether creativity is under attack from AI and technology. She will also give evidence as part of an ongoing inquiry into the future of the creative industries, such as arts, design, fashion and music.