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Human cooperation is the greatest force in history- it enabled us to put people on the moon, build microprocessors and advance medicine. Human cooperation with intelligent machines will define the next era of history.
— Dr. Mark SagarCreator of AI baby "Baby X" & facial animation technology pioneer
Digital technologies can actually draw attention to our humanity as we take so much of this for granted. How we behave really affects others, and has repercussions, and by understanding behaviour as deeply as we need to, it can draw attention to ourselves and make us more mindful as a result.
— Dr. Mark SagarCreator of AI baby "Baby X" & facial animation technology pioneer
We take ethics very seriously – and it's important to never fool the user. It must be clear that you are dealing with a digital person, not a real person, and at the same time you cannot create any dependency.
— Dr. Mark SagarCreator of AI baby "Baby X" & facial animation technology pioneer
The ultimate goal is to be in a state of flow with machines. Think about people working with horses, or herding cattle with a dog, they are examples of interactions with other intelligent creatures in a way which is fluid and allows us to achieve something we couldn't do ourselves.
— Dr. Mark SagarCreator of AI baby "Baby X" & facial animation technology pioneer
Creating digital people is really hard. The quality really matters, especially when it comes to the face. We're so attuned to seeing faces that we pick up anything that doesn't look right. Faces communicate so much- when we see someone else, our imaginations go into overdrive.
— Dr. Mark SagarCreator of AI baby "Baby X" & facial animation technology pioneer
There are all kinds of things where we can use technology to reflect our own humanity to better us.
— Dr. Mark SagarCreator of AI baby "Baby X" & facial animation technology pioneer
The ultimate goal is to be in a state of flow with machines. Think about people working with horses, or herding cattle with a dog, they are examples of interactions with other intelligent creatures in a way which is fluid and allows us to achieve something we couldn't do ourselves.
— Dr. Mark SagarCreator of AI baby "Baby X" & facial animation technology pioneer
We take ethics very seriously – and it's important to never fool the user. It must be clear that you are dealing with a digital person, not a real person, and at the same time you cannot create any dependency.
— Dr. Mark SagarCreator of AI baby "Baby X" & facial animation technology pioneer
When we create digital faces, they have to look and behave organically- they have to trigger that part of your brain that starts to think about what that 'person' would be like.
— Dr. Mark SagarCreator of AI baby "Baby X" & facial animation technology pioneer
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