Intelligent personal assistants are nowadays neither very intelligent nor very personal. Despite that, they are still part of our daily lives and are used for simple tasks such as setting alarms or reading the news. With cultural and technological shifts, new use cases emerge that allow more natural conversations between humans and machines.
In this project the first use case focused on general brainstorming or giving feedback on conceptual ideas. The goal was to learn about "state of the art" language models, wherein this first vague applications allowed to understand the strenghts and weaknesses of these technologies. Potential next applications could be in the medical or educational sector. However this is to be continued.
In order to have natural conversations with a machine, it is helpful if the interaction is not explicitly based on language. For example, in human conversation the interaction is enriched by gestures and facial expressions, which is an integral part of transmitting the information appropriately. This is why a physical prototype which is able to move and express itself was developed.The prototype is a personal robot which listens out for its name: "Sunny". It has one eye, four ears and can move its head. It’s powered by some of the most advanced AI systems available today and is trained on helping you in your creative process.
Sunnys goal is to listen to your ideas and respond with its own ideas, or to help you evaluate and choose different options. For example, you can talk to Sunny about everything from writing a new song to building a concept for an App. Of course the answers are not always as accurate as from most human beings. But they can more often than not help you to expand your horizons.
Can machines inspire?
Intelligent personal assistants are nowadays neither very intelligent nor very personal. Despite that, they are still part of our daily lives and are used for simple tasks such as setting alarms or reading the news. With cultural and technological shifts, new use cases emerge that allow more natural conversations between humans and machines.
In this project the first use case focused on general brainstorming or giving feedback on conceptual ideas. The goal was to learn about "state of the art" language models, wherein this first vague applications allowed to understand the strenghts and weaknesses of these technologies. Potential next applications could be in the medical or educational sector. However this is to be continued.
In order to have natural conversations with a machine, it is helpful if the interaction is not explicitly based on language. For example, in human conversation the interaction is enriched by gestures and facial expressions, which is an integral part of transmitting the information appropriately. This is why a physical prototype which is able to move and express itself was developed.The prototype is a personal robot which listens out for its name: "Sunny". It has one eye, four ears and can move its head. It’s powered by some of the most advanced AI systems available today and is trained on helping you in your creative process.
Sunnys goal is to listen to your ideas and respond with its own ideas, or to help you evaluate and choose different options. For example, you can talk to Sunny about everything from writing a new song to building a concept for an App. Of course the answers are not always as accurate as from most human beings. But they can more often than not help you to expand your horizons.
