Student Work: Presentation, AI

1. HumanoidsInto the Entertainment and Emotional
“Realms”
Mya Bolds
Kaitlyn Nguyen
Taylor Hunter
Steven Girgis
Desihan Burrell

2. ● Idea of robotics has been around for thousands of years. For example, Leonardo Da Vinci
created a plan for a robot that was moved with a string and pulley system
● Idea of artificial intelligence started off during World War II and came from Mr. Alan Turing,
a young British polymath
○ Worked on a machine to crack the Enigma code, which was a secret messaging
system used by German Forces
○ Wrote his first paper discussing the idea in 1950 titled COMPUTING MACHINERY AND
INTELLIGENCE
○ Faced many hardships due to limitation of technology
● 5 years later, Logic Theorist, computer program was created and presented at the
conference Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence and was hosted
by John McCarthy
○ Machine was used to mimic the problem solving skills of humans
○ This conference is where the term “artificial intelligence” was coined
● First humanoid, was the Unimate, which was put into GM assembly line to lift hot pieces of
metal and stack them.
● Progression of humanoids is still increasing and are utilizing artificial intelligence to continue
○ Sophia or Toyota T-HR3.
History of AI to Humanoids

3. History of AI to Humanoids

4. Why Entertainment?
Merriam-Webster Dictionary states
"entertainment: amusement or diversion
provided especially by performers."
Exhibition Entertainment (zoos, museums,
etc.), Live Entertainment (concerts, clubs,
etc.) Mass media Entertainment Industry
(television, films) Electronic Entertainment
(video games, ebooks, etc).
Fans of certain films or series find
themselves completely engrossed with
specific characters and their actors.
This obsession can lead to the point of not
being able to distinguish fantasy from
reality and unhealthy binge watching.

5. Humanoids in Entertainment
The first humanoids were very
robotic, but today they move
like fluid. Because of this there
are robots that are able to run,
jump, dance, and even play
catch as if it were real.
Robots were also made to
enhance children’s knowledge
can also talk, sing, and dance in
order to keep the child’s attention.

6. Emotional Relationship With AI
The development made to artificial
intelligence include identifying various
emotions facial expressions,
understanding voice recognition, and
even mimicking emotions.
"Finding that people were discussing
intimate matters after short exposure to
Eliza (a program), he saw how these
computer-based interactions 'could
induce powerful delusional thinking in
quite normal people', they
anthropomorphized her" (McStay chp.8
sect.5).

7. Relationship With Humanoids
Relationships with Androids even
spans into a sexual zone that
humans only reach. In addition,
a robot could revitalize the
sexual and love demands of
humans.
Some people lack social skills in a world
social where communication is required.
Humanoids give these people “some level
of companionship — or the illusion of
companionship.”(Castellano 3).

8. Reaction Towards Humanoids
Malfunctions with a robot could
cause an increase in stress for a
person who relies on them to
complete specific tasks.
“The people I spoke with said they
sometimes blamed themselves
when a robot failed to carry out a
task successfully, even if it was a
mechanical or technical failure and
no fault of the operator.”
(Dr.Carpenter)

9. Conclusion
It can be believed that
humanoids have become
an attraction to humans
because of the media.
Starting as a string on a pulley
system in the 1900s to now
being almost as life-like as a
human, robots have come an
extremely long way.
Can you imagine yourself
forming a relationship with a
humanoid as they develop
more human-like traits ?
Thousands have already
formed a relationship with
these humanoids and
there will be more to
come in the near future.

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