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
