On October 11th local time, a British humanoid robot named Aida made history and became the first robot to speak in the country's House of Lords . However, she had a slight hiccup after "sleeping".
(A robot named "Ada" made history and became the first robot to speak in the House of Lords.)
suddenly became squinted and zombie during the meeting
In the early part of the meeting that day, an embarrassing moment occurred - "Ada" suddenly squinted due to technical failure, and was motionless like a zombie. Her creator Aidan Meller had to reboot it.
Then, Aidan put sunglasses on "Ada" - which confused members of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee. Asked about the reason, Aidan explained that when "Aida" was reset, "it sometimes makes very interesting faces." Before a brief breakdown, the robot had been discussing a question with the committee: whether the creativity was attacked by artificial intelligence and technology.
(Aidan Mehler, the creator of "Aidan", had to restart it because of the technical problem "Aidan" squinted and was motionless like a zombie.)
When the Baroness Boolean asked "Aida" how to create art, "Aida" replied: "I can draw on the canvas with the camera in my eyes, the AI algorithms and the robotic arms, thus producing visually appealing images."
"For how I write poetry, this involves analyzing a lot of text to determine common The content and poetry structures are then used to generate new poetry. What's different from humans is consciousness. Although I can talk about these poetry, I have no subjective experience. I rely on computer programs and algorithms. As long as I am still alive, I can create art. "Ada" added: "The role of technology in artistic creation will continue to grow. Technology has had a huge impact on the way we create art."
At the end of the meeting on the 11th, "Ada" thanked the attendees, calling it "encouraging discussion."
participated in various art exhibitions and demonstrated his creativity
Earlier this year, the robot "Ada" painted a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee (70th anniversary of the throne). At this time, "Ada" had attracted the attention of the media. "Ada" uses cameras and computer algorithms in her eyes to process human characteristics and converts "watch" things into coordinates.
("Ada" uses cameras and computer algorithms in the eyes to process human characteristics and converts what you see into coordinates.)
Then, "Ada" uses these coordinates to calculate the virtual path of its own robot arm , drawing on the canvas to create artwork. Its work "The Queen of Algorithms" is layered and scaled, and finally forms a multidimensional portrait of the queen.
Last year, "Ada" exhibited a series of self-portraits at the London Design Museum, which was created by it "looking at the mirror" with its eyes.
"Aida" designer Aidan is a modern and contemporary art expert. He designed it in Oxford, and later built it by Engineering Arts Corporation in Cornwall and asked people at home and abroad to program it.
During this UK House of Lords meeting, "Aida" answered questions from her peers directly - although Mr Aidan confirmed that these questions were pre-submitted to ensure that the artificial intelligence language model can produce higher quality answers.
The name "Ada" comes from the 19th century mathematician Ada Loveles. In the British Parliament, "Ada" talked about the question of what art is, whether the definition of art is created by humans or artificial intelligence, and whether it will change.
"Ada" said: "Art can be a lot of things, from painting to poetry. My artistic practice includes all of the above. Because art is usually open, the role of the audience is key."
Aidan said that this robot was created to "explore the entire world of artificial intelligence and robots" and is a "contemporary art project."Research a more creative future amid concerns that advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning and other technological advances may replace human creativity in the future.
Aidan said the greatest artists participated and questioned the social changes that took place in their era, and the creation of "Aida" was to trigger a debate on the nature of technology.
was detained at Egyptian Customs for 10 days last year
In October 2021, "Ada" was detained at Egyptian Customs for 10 days because staff were worried that the robot might be a secret spy tool. Creator Aidan said “Ada” was initially detained by the guards and they suspected there was a problem with his modem (“cat”), a device that connects it to the internet.
At that time, "Ada" also held a solo exhibition called "Leap into the Metaverse" at the 59th International Art Exhibition, and participated in the first large-scale contemporary art exhibition "Always Now" held at the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt in 2021. Before arriving at the exhibition site, "Ada" was detained by the Egyptian authorities and was considered a spy, and Egypt closed the eyes of "Ada".
Aidan took the initiative to take off the modem on "Ada", but the guard then asked questions about the camera in her eyes. This is crucial to "Ada"'s ability to draw. Meller later revealed to the British " Guardian " that "I can abandon the modem, but I really can't dig her eyes out."
"Ada" was finally released a few hours before the Cairo "Always Now" exhibition began.
(Correspondent Heechul)
