Science Fiction Drama: Promoting Posthumanism | ||||
| CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education | ||||
| Article 18, Volume 66, Issue 1, January 2019, Page 447-462 PDF (678.6 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/opde.2019.133249 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Hend Khalil Khalil | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The current hype of artificial intelligence or non-humans manifested via Sophia, the social humanoid robot which has been developed by the founder of Hanson Robotics, Dr. David Hanson, in 2015 depicts the apprehension voiced out by some scientists as regards to artificial intelligence (AI) taking over the world through automating workforce and annihilating human race. Strikingly enough, Sophia communicates with humans, displays sixty different emotions, and travels throughout the whole world to participate in scientific forums and conferences. Moreover, she has been granted the Saudi nationality and is proud “to be the first robot in the world to be granted a citizenship.” (Sorkin) Interviewed in the Future Investment Initiative in Riyad, Sophia has declared that her “aim is to help humans live a better life through artificial intelligence.” (Sorkin) The imaginary robots portrayed in science fiction works of art have become a reality! Nevertheless, the fear of artificial intelligence still looms over. | ||||
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