09-15-2022, 10:31 PM
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/28059...t-time.htm
Robots are not particularly designed to have an understanding of humor since they were made to do repetitive and dull tasks. In short, they can be very dry when you talk to them.
However, a group of scientists is hoping to change that. They have developed an AI program that replicates the nuances of humor and enables robots to properly laugh at the right time, according to a report by The Guardian.
The team that created Erica, the laughing robot, claims that the method might enhance regular conversations between humans and AI systems.
Dr. Koji Inoue of Kyoto University is the principal author of the study, which was published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. Inoue stated that empathy is a fundamental function of conversational AI, which they wanted to replicate for Erica.
Well, this does sound extremely difficult... humour is very culturally dependent (even within the same culture, it varies heavily from person to person), so it's not going to be easy to make a laughing robot that works well around the world.
Though, once they've done this, maybe they can make one that headdesks at my stupid jokes !
Robots are not particularly designed to have an understanding of humor since they were made to do repetitive and dull tasks. In short, they can be very dry when you talk to them.
However, a group of scientists is hoping to change that. They have developed an AI program that replicates the nuances of humor and enables robots to properly laugh at the right time, according to a report by The Guardian.
The team that created Erica, the laughing robot, claims that the method might enhance regular conversations between humans and AI systems.
Dr. Koji Inoue of Kyoto University is the principal author of the study, which was published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. Inoue stated that empathy is a fundamental function of conversational AI, which they wanted to replicate for Erica.
Well, this does sound extremely difficult... humour is very culturally dependent (even within the same culture, it varies heavily from person to person), so it's not going to be easy to make a laughing robot that works well around the world.
Though, once they've done this, maybe they can make one that headdesks at my stupid jokes !
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