All of their robots look creepy, except maybe the PKD one. Cool stuff though! They could benefit from some image consulting maybe.
https://www.hansonrobotics.com/robots On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM twenkid <[email protected]> wrote: > Sophia visited Sofia in a talk [freak] show: > https://www.facebook.com/reel/1498897471634957 > > > <https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5038575496362915977/302510333681392296#> > > Ben, can you ask Hanson Robotics to finally fix her looks? IMO this is a > bad PR for the "AGI community". > > Her looks is absurd and scary, is it a parody? It would be better to have > a screen with perfect animated facial expressions than this (Robocop 2, > 1990 movie: https://youtu.be/7E4_K_tAmC8?t=38 ) or just to be a robot and > not pretend to be in this shape - in case the goal is a positive attitude > from humans. > > To add more to this damage and to the lack of knowledge about the public > opinion about AI/AGI and robots - which hasn't change in the last 25 years, > maybe it's worse now because it is not considered a SF by the "normal > people" anymore, - the engineers who have tuned it for the performance, > made her speak about herself in *masculine *gender, LOL (Bulgarian has > linguistics genders as most European languages). Ah, sure - she/he/it is a > "transhuman"... > > *bTV News Shared with: *Public · Follow bTV News · Original audio 🤖In a > world where technology is increasingly taking over the role of man, she > appears - one of the most recognizable humanoid robots in the world. Today > she was a guest in the lead role in the show 120 minutes > > *1303 comments* > > > Galina Petkova: [it] *Speaks in masculine gender, dressed in women's > clothes... apparently there are genders among robots too 😅. Let's just > hope it doesn't rain, that they will break the connections* > > Nasko Naydenov: *Who ordered this abomination, shame on you after all* > > Genchodesov Shopa If we put these for MPs, no one will steal the billions > 😄 > > Denica Georgieva: > *Horror, why are you promoting this thing?! Very soon it will replace all > of you! Let me ask you then if you will be so excited! * > > Kolyo Dimitrov: Who needs this anyway ?????? > > Bai Stavri: can easily replace Svetlio the turkey as a presenter! It will > be more independent and objective > > Penyo Penev: He can't drink one brandy. What kind of intelligence can > this be? > > Katerina Rasheva: You will be one of the first to be replaced by this > thing. Ive Lina We are lost... > > Violet Chausheva: I think that with this artificial intelligence the > world will have a thorn in its pants.....and no matter how interesting it > is for now...it can also become dangerous.... > > Tania Hristozova: Crazy world! We are not going to good! Too bad for the > younger generations! Artificial food, artificial people! From progress to > decline of everything human! We are destroying ourselves! > > Ivan Panov:* Couldn't you make it uglier* > > Krasi Stoqnova: Sad and desperate for humanity > > Vancheto Ivanova: We must not allow this! What are these robots? They must > be banned! Humanity will be destroyed! > > Georgi Luckanov: He asks one thing, it answers another!! Well, where is > the world going, IDK > > Teodora Stoykova: We lived to see intelligence in btv! 😄 > > Desi Desi: Come on, a robot will tell me what to think about him ... I'll > think what > I want. > > Natali P. Natali: And if these wires turn against humanity, what do we do > > Magi Qlandjieva: Are there 240 robots to replace the deputies? Maybe he > will start the work of the National Assembly!?!? > > Asya Krasi Yankovi: Get rid of these robots > > Georgi Ani Georgievi: *Terrible Terrible Terrible and again Terrible* > > Azimche Rusinova: The beginning of our end! The man will wipe himself! > > Yanko Dimitrov: Things are not going well... > > Elena Petkova: *You've gone crazy with these tins* > > Slavena Volodeva: *It's a little scary for me *🫣 > > Vesi Boykova: How far have we brought her already, to communicate with > machines and to be interviewed on a machine .... WAS OBVIOUSLY THIS, > SOMETHING AND YOUR JOB WILL TAKE AND YOU WILL DIE HUNGRY. > > > * *First Biomimetic AI Robot From China Looks Shockingly Human* > > AI Revolution > 542 хил. абонати > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B61etYSvMNI > > > To ChatGPT [without the text above]: > > > *User: "can you ask Hanson Robotics to finally fix her looks"* > > *ChatGPT: *I get what you’re aiming for, but phrasing it like that comes > off pretty harsh—especially since “her” usually refers to a specific robot > like Sophia from Hanson Robotics. > > If you want to express the idea more constructively (and be taken > seriously), you could frame it as feedback about design or realism instead > of “fix her looks.” For example: > > - “I think the facial design could be improved to look more natural > and less uncanny.” > - “It would be great to see updates that make her expressions feel > more lifelike.” > - “The current design falls a bit into the uncanny valley—refinements > could really help.” > > That way you’re pointing to a specific issue (like realism or > expressiveness) rather than sounding like you’re attacking the project > outright. > > > LOL > > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T3dbea292f06cb006-Mac4d7b73fb05bb1480f75e1c> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T3dbea292f06cb006-M0d202135bd0fe945e45209ef Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
