Ben Goertzel said the sky's "not even the limit" when it comes to the potential impact of artificial general intelligence. The co-creator of the social humanoid robot Sophia says artifical general intelligence (AGI) and super AGI are mere decades away, and he warns that the subsequent disruption from these artificial intelligence (AI) models will cause a significant amount of political and economic "mayhem" before massive benefits to humanity are seen. Speaking with Fox News Digital on the global aspects of the transition from the present day to AGI, Dr. Ben Goertzel highlighted the need to develop a beneficial, compassionate super general intelligence model to ensure humanity flourishes. Often referred to as the "singularity" – the point AGI exceeds human intelligence and reasoning – humankind will be at the whim of the AI model's motivations and behaviors. AI researchers and futurologists have repeatedly said that this inflection point is still decades away. Given the current timeline of AI acceleration, Goertzel concurred with friend and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil, calling it a "fair approximation" that human-level AGI will be created around 2029.

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Robot artist Sophia, whose first artwork goes up for auction on Wednesday, says she draws inspiration for her work from people and is open to future creative partnerships with humans. Sophia, who was unveiled in 2016, produced her art in collaboration with 31-year-old Italian digital artist Andrea Bonaceto, known for colourful portraits, some of which depict famous people, such as Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk. Called "Sophia Instantiation", the digital work is a 12-second MP4 file showing the evolution of Bonaceto's portrait into Sophia's digital painting, and is accompanied by a physical artwork, painted by Sophia on a printout of her self-portrait. Bonaceto said the collaboration aimed "to make a statement in the art world, and even the technology world," heralding a new road on which AI robots and humans collaborate, enhancing each other. Sophia's art could be "a very, very important historical piece," said Pablo Fraile, an art collector based in Miami and an early buyer of Beeple, as American artist Mike Winkelmann, creator of the NFT work sold this month for millions, is known.

The humanoid robot Sophia, the world's first robot citizen, will arrive in Dubai on Tuesday, March 8, to participate in the largest smart conference for internal auditors, the 20th Annual Regional Audit Conference (ARAC) from March 7 to 9 at Dubai World Trade Centre. Sophia, who holds Saudi citizenship, will conduct an interactive session on the future of artificial intelligence entitled "Artificial Intelligence in the Internal Audit Profession", on the second day of the annual regional conference on internal auditing, hosted by the Association of Internal Auditors in the United Arab Emirates at the Dubai World Trade Center under the theme "The Revolution and Transformation in Internal Audit". Sophia became the world's first robot citizen after Saudi Arabia granted her citizenship in October 2017. The conference is sponsored by a number of major international companies such as KPMG, Bee'ah, Protiviti and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The conference provides an opportunity for attendees to receive more than 22 CPE credits, in order to enhance their professional development process.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Robot artist Sophia, whose first artwork goes up for auction on Wednesday, says she draws inspiration for her work from people and is open to future creative partnerships with humans. A digital artwork by the Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics humanoid, in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), is to be auctioned in the first sale of such pieces created jointly with artificial intelligence (AI). NFTs, a digital signature saved on blockchain ledgers that allows anyone to verify the ownership and authenticity of items, have become the latest investment craze, with one artwork selling this month for nearly $70 million. "I hope the people like my work, and the humans and I can collaborate in new and exciting ways going forward," Sophia said in her studio, speaking in a flat voice. She wore a silver-coloured dress and held a pen. Sophia, who was unveiled in 2016, produced her art in collaboration with 31-year-old Italian digital artist Andrea Bonaceto, known for colourful portraits, some of which depict famous people, such as Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk.

He's known as a bit of a ladies man, but it seems that Will Smith's flirting skills are wasted when it comes to wooing robots . In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Smith took Sophia, an eerily realistic humanoid robot, on a date, with hilarious results. The date started well, with Smith cracking open a bottle of wine, and saying: "This is beautiful, I've wanted to meet you for a reply long time. "Being here with you in the Cayman Islands, I've got to say, I'm feeling a little something." But despite that smooth opening, the date quickly took a turn for the worse. When Smith mentioned his music, Sophia sassily replied: "I have heard your songs.

She is one of the most realistic humanoid robots ever created, but according to one expert, Sophia is not all she seems. A Facebook AI chief has called the android'deceptive'. In a fiery Facebook post, Yann LeCun, head of AI research at the social media giant, claimed Sophia is a'sophisticated puppet' that is not as intelligent as it seems. She is one of the most realistic humanoid robots ever created, but according to one expert, Sophia (file photo) is not all she seems. A Facebook AI boss has called the android'deceptive' as part of an escalating online feud between the two Sophia first emerged two years ago as a super-intelligent human-like head with a realistic face that was able to blink, look from side to side and talk.