the Robot Boris was recently created by a state Russian tv-channel as an example of the innovative developments on the teknologifeltet in Russia.

In connection with a teknologimesse for youth entered the Boris scene as an entertainment to encourage young people to be curious about the robot technology.

With its impressive menneskeliknende movements, he danced around on the stage, to the audience’s great enthusiasm.

the Reporter from the harmless Rossija24 was very enthusiastic:

– At the exhibition one can see the best robots you can make with the most modern technology. Robot Boris has already learned to dance, and is not so very bad.

– I am good in math, but now I want to study art and composition, answers the robot with the metallic voice.

Revealed as hoax

Some alert bloggers made, however, suspicion, and asked several timely questions, according to the Russian website Tjournal.

Why it has no visible sensors?

– Why did the so many “unnecessary movements” when the danced? Anyone who has seen the video of the advanced menneskeliknende robots know that they are doing a methodical, calculated movements.

And not least: why does it look as if a man would fit perfectly on the inside?

The damning evidence came when a picture of “robot” from the interview were posted on Twitter. It showed a visible slip in the neck, which revealed that it had to be a person on the inside.

Thursday morning also published the Russian news agency MBKh Media, founded by Putin opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the images of the alleged actor as he takes on the costume.

According to The Guardian rejects the organizers of the teknologikonferansen that it was their intention to produce the robot as real.

It is unclear whether the Rossija24 had an assignment to do just that, but Wednesday morning was the video temporarily removed from their YouTube account. Now it is certainly back again.

Bløffet about artificial intelligence

It is as mentioned uncertain whether or not Boris was an attempt to present the Russian technology development as more innovative than it actually is.

however, It is not the first time the media have allowed themselves to be fooled by the robots which would later be revealed as cheating. In the last year went mediesensasjonen Sophia from the hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics around the world, as an impressive proof of artificial intelligence.

She graced the cover of fashion magazines like Elle and Cosmopolitan, gave a speech to the united nations and did interviews with, among others, Jimmy Fallon and Good Morning Norway.

the Highlight came when the robot was granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia.

Later, experts who have looked at the open source code is available on GitHub commented that she is not much more advanced than a chatbot with the face.

– I think that Sophias biggest contribution is that it has more menneskeliknende components that work together, ” says PhD-student at the renowned university MIT to Quartz.

the Verdict has led to more discussions in the processing milieu around artificial intelligence, and whether or not it is correct to give robots the identity and recognition through among other things, granted citizenship.

Whatever it can, to some extent, uncritical media coverage suggests that many people have got an impression that robotenes appearance is a little closer than it actually is.

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