When humanoid robot catches up with PM

Sophia, the new sensation of the world, yesterday caught Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by surprise as the humanoid robot readily told her about various facts relating to the prime minister.PM Hasina met Sophia, the robot that generated quite a buzz among the youth and the artificial intelligence industry around the world, at the inaugural ceremony of four-day long Digital World at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka.A humanoid robot is a robot with its body shape built to resemble the human body.After the inaugural speech of the prime minister, the organisers announced to bring Sophia on stage to meet Hasina.Then wearing yellow-white top and skirt Sophia came on the stage and the prime minister asked her: “Hello Sophia, how are you?” “Hello honourable prime minister, I am feeling proud. This is very nice to meet you,” Sophia replied.The prime minister then asked how she knew her (prime minister). In reply, Sophia said that she had read much information about the prime minister and Bangladesh.“I know you are the daughter of the great leader father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. You are also known as the Mother of Humanity in the world and you are implementing ‘Digital Bangladesh’,” she said.Sophia also said she knows it very well that the name of the prime minister’s granddaughter is Sophia too.“Yes, the name of Joy’s (prime minister’s son and ICT adviser) daughter is Sophia,” the smiling prime minister informed the audience who were clapping loudly.Hasina then questioned her on what she knows about the vision of the prime minister and ‘Digital Bangladesh’.Sophia flawlessly told various facts about the vision and ‘Digital Bangladesh’.The world’s first artificially intelligent robot and Saudi citizen Sophia came in Dhaka on Tuesday from Hong Kong to attend Digital World-2017.Sophia interacted with visitors at the expo yesterday.She took questions from visitors at the Hall of Fame inside the Banganandhu International Conference Centre at a session titled ‘Techtalk with Sophia’Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics made Sophia having the expressiveness, liveliness, and interactivity features in it.