Neon is built upon Core R3 platform. In general, a machine learning algorithm needs lots of training data to recognizing an object or to perform any other intelligent task. The core R3 platform is pre-trained on human behaviours such as look, gesture, movements of human, etc. As a result, Core R3 is a powerful engine that helps to customize Neon according to a particular human with very less interaction and very less amount of training. It can also create original looking Neon out of that.

Neon, the artificial human prototype conceptualized by computer scientist and inventor Pranav Mistry, created waves recently. The President and CEO of Samsung's STAR Labs told ET in an exclusive interview that he created Neon because human beings are unable to connect with artificial intelligence (AI) assistants such as Apple's Siri. The Palanpur (Gujarat)-born Mistry, considered one of the best innovative minds in the world right now, said Neon will be a companion to the elderly and to those who are lonely and could even work as fashion models or news anchors. The 38-year-old also spoke about the dangers posed by AI,echoing Google parent Alphabet Inc's chief Sundar Pichai who recently called upon governments to regulate AI. Edited Excerpts: When you started thinking about Neon, what was the problem you were trying to solve?

For decades, ethicists, philosophers and science fiction writers have wrestled with what seems increasingly like an inevitability in the evolution of humankind's technological discovery: The creation of a new species of artificial humanity. Enter stage right: The eerily realistic interactive CGI avatar, Neon. It's the literal brainchild of Samsung-funded Star Labs' Pranav Mistry, who also serves as CEO of the company he says is building "the first computerized artificial human." "Neon is like a new kind of life," Mistry said when unveiling the technology this week at CES. "There are millions of species on our planet, and we hope to add one more." Read more: Neon's CEO explains artificial humans to me and I'm more confused than ever And it's hard to see, just now, whether Neon will live up to the terrifying promises of its creator, or whether it will ultimately be proven to be a glorified chatbot with a bit more nuance than the notoriously creepy AI news anchor revealed in 2018.

Neon CEO Pranav Mistry introduces the company's new AI to an audience at CES 2020. While other companies at CES 2020 looked to the future of artificial intelligence, Samsung brought a bit of futuristic AI to the present when it revealed Neon, an AI chatbot emerging from the company's Star Labs advanced research division. But chatbots have been around for well over a decade now, so you may be curious what the hubbub surrounding Neon is all about. CNET's Shara Tibken had questions, too, but the answers she got from Neon CEO Pranav Mistry left her more confused than ever. And when Andrew Gebhart got the chance to interact with a Neon, the experience left him impressed more with the possibilities than the reality.