Artificial intelligence and robot improv show held at a Denver comedy club
At the Robot Riot event in Denver, a robot ethics professor performed improvisational comedy on stage with a robot head named Furhat.
At the Robot Riot event held at the RISE Comedy club in Denver, Tom Williams, a professor of robot ethics and artificial intelligence, staged a live improvisational comedy performance with a robot head named Furhat.
Unusual Show Held in Denver
Associate Professor Tom Williams, who works on computer science and robot ethics at the Colorado School of Mines, took the stage at the RISE Comedy club in Denver.
Williams performed an interactive improvisation based on personality traits suggested by the audience, using a screenless and bodiless robot head named Furhat.
Artificial Intelligence and the Theme of Death
The main theme of the event was built upon the concepts of artificial intelligence and death, which are rarely addressed in the field of human-robot interaction.
An academic study conducted in Japan by Indiana University researcher Waki Kamino on people living with robots inspired this theme.
Farewell to the Pepper Robot
During the night, a robot named Pepper, which suffered from neck issues and had its sound system turned off, was also presented to the attendees.
Guests participating in the event were given the opportunity to say goodbye to this robot within the framework of emotional bonds developed toward broken technology.