1. Most AI Bots Are Female.
If you ask Siri, Alexa, Cortana, or your bank’s Voice assistance a question, most likely, you will be answered by a pleasant and polite woman’s voice. The reason? Studies show that males and females are more attracted to a woman's voice.
2. 2025, The Year of Pet-Bots.
Although real pets are lovable, according to pet-bot developers, they have a few downsides. They need to be fed, cleaned up, and they die. AI pets will be robots that look, feel and act like a real animal, but eliminate such “issues” experienced by owners.
3. AI Can Read your Mind.
Scary right? A new methodology has been developed by roboticists that can create an image of your thoughts using an FMRI scanner. The AI is designed to construct an image from your brain and compare it with other pictures, received from volunteers.
4. AI is Estimated to Kill 6% of Jobs by 2021.
That’s about 1,160,000 people out of work only in Canada. Although AI is helpful in cutting business costs, it’s set to create some serious problems. According to The Guardian, customer service jobs will face the highest AI threat.
5. AI’s Have Nationalities and Passports.
Sophia, a lifelike humanoid has gained guaranteed citizenship of Saudi Arabia. This has brought much controversy as the public wonders and questions whether or not robots should have rights. Read more here.
The main purpose of AI is for humans to have a machine that thinks faster and more efficiently. But the question becomes, in the process, will machines take over our world? Will it help us reach our highest potential or destroy us in the process?
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