Category: Technology

It’s not science fiction anymore. We’re already building sentient robots that can perceive our voices, sense our moods and even feel pain. But there are good, bad, and ugly things about them.

With the way things are looking, sentient machines are going to be a part of our future. Ted Talker Josh Bachynski claims to have developed the first self-aware AI prototype, Kassandra. Before him, there’s Hod Lipson of Creative Machines Lab / Columbia University, who presented a self-aware robot in a 2007 Ted Talk.

Here are some things about sentient robots and the good, the bad, and the ugly things about sentient robots.