The first robot to speak to the House of Lords had to be switched off and then on again after the humanoid went silent during a Q&A session.
Dressed in dungarees with an orange shirt – completing her look with two robotic arms – Ai-Da joined the Communications and Digital Committee this afternoon.
The humanoid robot made history as she answered questions: becoming the first robot to speak at the House of Lords.The machine briefly fell silent and needed switched back on before the Q&A session could continue. She softly explained how art is ‘up to interpretation’ and the role of the audience was ‘key’ to those engaging with her work.
Meanwhile the robot’s creator, Aidan Meller, reassured the committee that the machine should be marvelled at, not feared.Ai-Da Robot, the world’s first ultra-realistic humanoid robot artist, appears at a photo call in a committee room in the House of Lords on October 11 He was questioned on whether robots could eventually take human jobs, and admitted it was a ‘genuine concern’ people hold.
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