ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Hanson - Robotics designer
David Hanson merges robotics and art to design life-like, social robots that can mimic human expression and emotion.

Why you should listen

David Hanson is the founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics -- a company that aims to create robots as socially adept as any human being. Through his organization, he has seen the success of robotic facial hardware that establishes eye contact, recognizes faces and carries out natural spoken conversation. Hanson hopes these robotic faces prove useful to cognitive science and psychology, and to the entertainment industry.

A former Walt Disney Imagineer, this young entrepreneur and roboticist has been labelled a "genius" by both PC Magazine and WIRED, and has earned awards from NASA, NSF and Cooper Hewitt Design. If Hanson succeeds, he will create a socially intelligent robot that may even one day have a place in the human family.

More profile about the speaker
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David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion"

大衛•漢森 (David Hanson) :情感豐富的機器人

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大衛•漢森的機器人有張表情豐富的臉,不管看起來或動起來都像極了人。它們認得情緒,也會回應,並且能夠展現自己的情緒。接下來,愛因斯坦機器人極富情感的表演,將讓我們一窺機器人模仿真實人類的科幻未來。
- Robotics designer
David Hanson merges robotics and art to design life-like, social robots that can mimic human expression and emotion. Full bio

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I'm Dr博士. David大衛 Hanson漢森, and I build建立 robots機器人 with character字符.
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我是大衛•漢森,我建造具有人格的機器人。
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And by that, I mean
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而我指的是,
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that I develop發展 robots機器人 that are characters人物,
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我研製出的機器人具有個性,
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but also robots機器人 that will eventually終於
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也是個最終
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come to empathize同情 with you.
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會跟你產生共鳴的機器人。
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So we're starting開始 with a variety品種 of technologies技術
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所以我們從許多不同的科技開始,
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that have converged融合 into these conversational對話的 character字符 robots機器人
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這些科技造就了具人格並懂得對話的機器人,
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that can see faces面孔, make eye contact聯繫 with you,
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它們看得到臉,也會跟你有眼神上的交流,
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make a full充分 range範圍 of facial面部 expressions表達式, understand理解 speech言語
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還會做許多種臉部表情,也懂得對話,
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and begin開始 to model模型 how you're feeling感覺
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並且開始仿傚你的感覺,
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and who you are, and build建立 a relationship關係 with you.
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了解你是誰,並與你建立關係。
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I developed發達 a series系列 of technologies技術
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我發展了一系列的科技,
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that allowed允許 the robots機器人 to make more realistic實際 facial面部 expressions表達式
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讓機器人做出栩栩如生的臉部表情,
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than previously先前 achieved實現, on lower降低 power功率,
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比起先前類似的成果,使用較低的電力,
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which哪一個 enabled啟用 the walking步行 biped兩足動物 robots機器人, the first androids機器人.
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這造就了第一代的人型機器人,兩隻腳的機器人。
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So, it's a full充分 range範圍 of facial面部 expressions表達式
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這個機器人有著相當多的臉部表情,
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simulating模擬 all the major重大的 muscles肌肉 in the human人的 face面對,
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仿效著人類臉上的所有主要肌肉,
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running賽跑 on very small batteries電池,
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可以靠很小的電池運作,
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extremely非常 lightweight輕量級.
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極度輕薄。
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The materials物料 that allowed允許 the battery-operated電池操作 facial面部 expressions表達式
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讓這電池驅動的臉部表情成真的材料,
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is a material材料 that we call FrubberFrubber,
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是我們叫作 Frubber 的材料,
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and it actually其實 has three major重大的 innovations創新
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這材料有著三種主要創新,
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in the material材料 that allow允許 this to happen發生.
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讓這項科技得以實現。
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One is hierarchical分級 pores毛孔,
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一個是階層式毛孔。
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and the other is a macro-molecular大分子 nanoscale納米級 porosity多孔性 in the material材料.
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另一個則是材料中的巨分子奈米孔徑。
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There he's starting開始 to walk步行.
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這是機器人開始在走路。
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This is at the Korean朝鮮的 Advanced高級 Institute研究所 of Science科學 and Technology技術.
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這地點在韓國高等科學技術學院。
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I built內置 the head. They built內置 the body身體.
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我做了頭部,他們則做了身體。
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So the goal目標 here is to achieve實現 sentience知覺 in machines,
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我的目標是透過機器表達感覺,
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and not just sentience知覺, but empathy同情.
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不只是感覺,神情上也是。
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We're working加工 with the Machine Perception知覺 Laboratory實驗室
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我們和加州大學聖地牙哥分校 (UCSD)
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at the U.C. San Diego迭戈.
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的機械感知實驗室 (MPL) 合作。
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They have this really remarkable卓越 facial面部 expression表達 technology技術
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他們具有這項了不起的臉部表情科技,
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that recognizes識別 facial面部 expressions表達式,
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認得各種臉部表情,
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what facial面部 expressions表達式 you're making製造.
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你所作的各種表情。
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It also recognizes識別 where you're looking, your head orientation方向.
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它還分辨得出你在往哪看,還有你頭的動向。
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We're emulating模仿 all the major重大的 facial面部 expressions表達式,
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我們模仿所有主要的臉部表情,
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and then controlling控制 it with the software軟件
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再用「表情引擎」這個軟體
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that we call the Character字符 Engine發動機.
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控制機器人。
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And here is a little bit of the technology技術 that's involved參與 in that.
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這是以上這些科技的小小展示。
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In fact事實, right now -- plug插頭 it from here, and then plug插頭 it in here,
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事實上,現在,從這邊插插頭,再從這邊插入,
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and now let's see if it gets得到 my facial面部 expressions表達式.
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現在我們來看看,它是否讀得到我的臉部表情。
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Okay. So I'm smiling微笑.
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OK. 所以我正在微笑。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Now I'm frowning皺著眉頭.
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現在我在皺眉頭。
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And this is really heavily嚴重 backlit背光.
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這裡的背光相當嚴重。
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Okay, here we go.
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好,可以了。
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Oh, it's so sad傷心.
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噢,它真難過。
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Okay, so you smile微笑, frowning皺著眉頭.
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OK,當你微笑和皺眉頭時。
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So his perception知覺 of your emotional情緒化 states狀態
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它對你情緒狀態的察覺是很重要的,
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is very important重要 for machines to effectively有效 become成為 empathetic感情移入的.
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這讓機器人可以有效地仿效你的情感。
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Machines are becoming變得 devastatingly毀滅性的 capable
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機器現在變得具有毀滅性的力量,
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of things like killing謀殺. Right?
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像是殺戮,對吧?
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Those machines have no place地點 for empathy同情.
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那些機器沒有情感。
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And there is billions數十億 of dollars美元 being存在 spent花費 on that.
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人們卻耗費數十億元在那上頭。
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Character字符 robotics機器人 could plant the seed種子
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我們可以用情感機器人做個開端,
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for robots機器人 that actually其實 have empathy同情.
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使未來機器人真的能具有同理心。
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So, if they achieve實現 human人的 level水平 intelligence情報
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所以,如果它們有人類般的智慧,
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or, quite相當 possibly或者, greater更大 than human人的 levels水平 of intelligence情報,
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或甚至有可能,比人類的智慧要來得高,
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this could be the seeds種子 of hope希望 for our future未來.
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這有可能是我們未來希望的開端。
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So, we've我們已經 made製作 20 robots機器人 in the last eight years年份, during the course課程 of getting得到 my Ph博士.D.
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過去八年,在我攻讀博士期間,我們完成了二十個機器人。
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And then I started開始 Hanson漢森 Robotics機器人,
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接著我創立了漢森機器科學公司,
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which哪一個 has been developing發展 these things for mass manufacturing製造業.
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為的是大規模生產研發這些科技。
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This is one of our robots機器人
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這是我們生產的機器人中的一個,
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that we showed顯示 at Wired有線 NextFestNextFest a couple一對 of years年份 ago.
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我們幾年前在連線雜誌 (Wired) 所舉辦的發明大展 (NextFest) 中展示過。
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And it sees看到 multiple people in a scene現場,
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它能同時辨認許多不同的人,
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remembers記得 where individual個人 people are,
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記得每個人所在的位置,
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and looks容貌 from person to person, remembering記憶 people.
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在人與人間來回注視著,並記得他們。
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So, we're involving涉及 two things.
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我們談的有兩件事。
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One, the perception知覺 of people,
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一個是人的知覺。
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and two, the natural自然 interface接口,
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另一個是自然的介面,
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the natural自然 form形成 of the interface接口,
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介面原本應有的樣子,
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so that it's more intuitive直觀的 for you to interact相互作用 with the robot機器人.
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所以你跟機器人互動是更直觀的。
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You start開始 to believe that it's alive and aware知道的.
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你開始相信機器人是有生命並有意識的。
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So one of my favorite喜愛 projects項目 was bringing使 all this stuff東東 together一起
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所以我最喜歡的主題之一,就是把這些結合起來,
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in an artistic藝術的 display顯示 of an android安卓 portrait肖像
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用一種藝術性的展示,
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of science-fiction科幻小說 writer作家 Philip菲利普 K. Dick迪克,
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秀出科幻小說作家菲利普•狄克筆下的機器人,
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who wrote great works作品 like, "Do Androids機器人 Dream夢想 of Electric電動 Sheep?"
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他曾寫出像「機器人是否會夢見機器羊?」這樣精采的作品,
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which哪一個 was the basis基礎 of the movie電影 "Bladerunner銀翼殺手."
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電影「銀翼殺手」就是依此小說擴建而來的。
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In these stories故事, robots機器人 often經常 think
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在這些故事裡,機器人常常會覺得
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that they're human人的, and they sort分類 of come to life.
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他們是人類。而且他們總是會獲得生命。
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So we put his writings文章, letters,
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his interviews面試, correspondences對應,
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他的訪問、書函,
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into a huge巨大 database數據庫 of thousands數千 of pages網頁,
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and then used some natural自然 language語言 processing處理
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接著再用一些自然的語言處理,
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to allow允許 you to actually其實 have a conversation會話 with him.
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讓你真的可以和他對話。
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And it was kind of spooky幽靈般的, because he would say these things
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這還真的有點嚇人。因為他會說些事,
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that just sounded滿面 like they really understood了解 you.
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就好像它們真的懂你。
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And this is one of the most exciting扣人心弦 projects項目 that we're developing發展,
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這正是我們在發展最令人興奮的計畫之一,
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which哪一個 is a little character字符 that's a spokesbotspokesbot
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這是個小角色,一個小機器人,
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for friendly友善 artificial人造 intelligence情報, friendly友善 machine intelligence情報.
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目的是研發友善的人工智慧,友善的機械智慧。
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And we're getting得到 this mass-manufactured大量製造.
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我們正在大規模生產這個產品。
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We specked看上 it out to actually其實 be doable可行
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我們知道這是真的做得到的,
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with a very, very low-cost低成本 bill法案 of materials物料,
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so that it can become成為 a childhood童年 companion伴侶 for kids孩子.
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這就可以成為孩子童年的夥伴。
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Interfacing界面 with the Internet互聯網, it gets得到 smarter聰明 over the years年份.
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接上網路,經過歲月,機器人會變得更聰明。
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As artificial人造 intelligence情報 evolves演變, so does his intelligence情報.
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在人工智慧演化的同時,這機器人的智慧也會演化。
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Chris克里斯 Anderson安德森: Thank you so much. That's incredible難以置信.
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克里斯•安德森:很謝謝你!真的是太了不起了!
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Translated by Jing Yao
Reviewed by Bill Hsiung

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Hanson - Robotics designer
David Hanson merges robotics and art to design life-like, social robots that can mimic human expression and emotion.

Why you should listen

David Hanson is the founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics -- a company that aims to create robots as socially adept as any human being. Through his organization, he has seen the success of robotic facial hardware that establishes eye contact, recognizes faces and carries out natural spoken conversation. Hanson hopes these robotic faces prove useful to cognitive science and psychology, and to the entertainment industry.

A former Walt Disney Imagineer, this young entrepreneur and roboticist has been labelled a "genius" by both PC Magazine and WIRED, and has earned awards from NASA, NSF and Cooper Hewitt Design. If Hanson succeeds, he will create a socially intelligent robot that may even one day have a place in the human family.

More profile about the speaker
David Hanson | Speaker | TED.com