Nobody complains that Bernini's sculptures are too darn real, right? Or that Norman Rockwell's paintings are too creepy. Well, robots can seem real and be loved, too. We're trying to make a new art medium out of robotics. — David Hanson Copy Share Image
We're seeing the arrival of conversational robots that can walk in our world. It's a golden age of invention. — David Hanson Copy Share Image
I'm Dr. David Hanson, and I build robots with character. And by that, I mean that I develop robots that are characters, but also… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
The perception of identity is so intimately bound up with the perception of the human form. — David Hanson Copy Share Image
Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds keeps biting robot developers. — David Hanson Copy Share Image
My goal is to create friend machines. Friendly genius machines. Machines with genius capabilities. — David Hanson Copy Share Image
I was always into science fiction as a kid. I loved science and tinkering with things. — David Hanson Copy Share Image
I have been motivated by this idea since I was a kid that if we invented machines that were created in the way that… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
Robots will someday, or maybe, wake up. They may be really smart. They may be as creative, smart and capable as human beings, and… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
Machines are becoming devastatingly capable of things like killing. Those machines have no place for empathy. There's billions of dollars being spent on that.… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
Nobody complains that Bernini's sculptures are too darn real, right? Or that Norman Rockwell's paintings are too creepy. Well, robots can seem real and… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
If we're going to achieve compassion in the machines and also feel safe with the machines, to raise machines with human-like values, we need… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
