I watched one, which I think is a much newer version of the android, on Discovery Atlas: Japan revealed on Discovery Channel. Her movements were much less jerky than the two shown above. And she also interacted with the people around her, like a real human, talking with a waitress about the dinner. Now if that android made the decision on something as picking a dish on a set of menu given to her, then that's an AI. But I'm not so sure about that, the one they showed on Discovery, coz' who knows, maybe its just a trick behind the scenes, or somethin' else. But what they did show was as to how advanced Japan is now in terms of Robotics, and how far they have gone into making androids so close to being humans.
Gerrard wrote...
I highly doubt that's true AI, but it probably has some AI features. I'm willing to bet it can see with its eyes.
What I want to know is how well it can walk. From what I remember of some simple robotics, walking and balance are a complete bitch to program into a human look-alike. I wouldn't be too surprised if that thing had a stand, since they didn't show its legs too well.
And those hands... Fuck that thing is creepy.
Yes, I too doubt that its a true AI... A true AI would be very close to human characteristics, or at least, characteristics of living animal, the ability to make decisions, and this androids are programmed, so they still are robots, unless they do things that their programmers did not input unto them, that is Learning, another aspect that make us different from robots. Which might still be far, but not impossible, in robotics.
The walking problem, was kinda solved already a long time already in much earlier prototypes of "walking robots." Which I always see when robotics are featured on T.V. so it is highly possible that they integrated that technology on this androids.
And Yes, They are creepy.
I wonder why people bother trying to make AIs... I mean seriously, if they become mass produced, who knows, more people might find themselves unemployed, due to replacement of much reliable workers, right?