ADDING MORE FEATURES TO SOPHIA

As of 2018 , Sophia ' s architecture includes scripting software , a chat system , and OpenCog , an AI system designed for general reasoning . In the same year , Sophia was upgraded with functional legs and the ability to walk .

Hanson also embedded Alphabet ’ s speech recognition technology which is designed to get smarter over time . With this technology , Hanson hoped Sophia would be a suitable companion for the elderly at nursing homes or be used to help crowds at large events or parks .

CREATING ‘ LITTLE SOPHIA ’

Following the launch and activation of Sophia , Hanson Robotics released “ Little Sophia ” as a companion that could teach children how to code . During the same year , Sophia displayed the ability to create drawings , including portraits displaying the robots ability to improve as it makes more and more interactions .

JOINING THE METAVERSE

More recently , it has been announced that a virtual anime version of Sophia will be released in 100 nonfungible tokens that can interact autonomously with people in a gamified environment .

Jeanne Lim , the former CEO of Hanson Robotics , who is now the co-founder and CEO of beingAI , the startup that created Sophia ’ s official virtual version for the interactive NFT , said she hopes the new AI being will bring together humanity and technology “ to help humans attain our true nature of unconditional love and pure possibilities .”