Real Life Examples of AI
Some real life examples of robots include the world renowned AI, Sophia, who took the world by storm and was interviewed by many late show hosts. She occasionally would joke about world domination. Another example which plays into our fear of AI more, are the two AI systems at Facebook that had to be shut down because they created their own language and began to communicate with one another.
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To answer your first question, based on what I’ve read so far, i think that Mary3 does have ulterior motives. I think so because of her investigative questions; she is very keen about retaining certain information, and i don’t think it’s for the sole purpose of storing the information for future conversations. Perhaps, she is using Gaby to gather this information with would deem helpful in supplementing her/their (robots) plan in taking over or dominating humans.
Question 2. In the context of the novel the botdolls are considered to be unethical in the way they mess with regular human interactions. However, I do believe that having AI in our lives can be useful. They are less likely to make mistakes, can be programmed to perfection, and are convenient for people. For example, Alexa and Siri are two types of AI that are used to aid in communication, searching the web, and even interact with you and tell jokes.