Artificial Intelligence goes Deep Cover
Meet the Uncanny Valley Girl, Eugene Goostman’s hotter robot cousin
Ever since reading the story of Eugene Goostman, the 13-year-old Ukrainian boy-slash-AI-chat-bot who supposedly beat the Turing Test in 2014, I’ve been toying with writing a similar tale of a robot kept secret.
In order to hide her in plain sight, the robot’s family programs her to act as the Uncanny Valley Girl. UVG’s overly blond hair and short skirt help mask her freaky-smart artificial intelligence. No one has that uncanny valley moment, because strangers never look past her false eyelashes.
…it might just work.
But to all the geniuses out there who loved Dexter’s Laboratory as a child and are now building their own robot in their own private secret lair:
Don’t forget to program the A.I. to have a fondness for cartoonists and doodlers. Pay me back for the idea by making sure she never goes Skynet on me, okay?
Thanks!
Text description for the visually impaired:
Beside the picture of a pretty girl (the UVG): Let your stereotypes reassure you! She’s blond! She’s pretty! She’s dumb! This isn’t Artificial Intelligence, NO!
Meet The Uncanny Valley Girl
The UVG says: “All this thinking is making my brain hurt! Let’s go get chopped salads! I still have a Groupon!”
Her human sister berates her human brother: “You used Dad’s confidential artificial intelligence to make a Robot Barbie?!”
Her human brother replies: “But it’s perfect! No one will guess how intelligent she really is!”
From the background, the UVG says: “You gu-u-uuuys! Don’t make me break this up! My nails are still drying!” She is pictured with perfect nails aloft.
