No, robot didn't side-eye question on rebelling, creator says

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No, that AI robot didn't side-eye a question on whether it would rebel against humans, its creator says: 'We program it to look up to the left and break eye contact'

to a question regarding whether it would someday rebel against humans went viral last week, but its creator said it's all a misunderstanding.

Last week, a humanoid robot called Ameca was asked by a reporter at the United Nations A.I. for Good conference if it planned to one day"conduct a rebellion, or to rebel against your boss, your creator?" In a"I'm not sure why you would think that," Ameca said, after pausing a moment and moving its artificial eyes quickly to the side."My creator has been nothing but kind to me, and I am very happy with my current situation.

Ameca's creator Will Jackson told Insider in an emailed statement on Monday that the robot doesn't possess the ability to express emotions, like sarcasm, because it's powered by OpenAI's GPT-3.

"Language models do not have emotions, or intentions either good or bad," he said."It's easy to imagine that because the robot appeared to listen, form an answer and then speak that it functions like a human. It does not." The interest and jokes around Ameca's response to the reporter's question points to people's fascination with the idea of a possible"worst-case scenario" with AI. Over the past few months, several executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, have

 

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