Science fiction has now become reality with the creation of Tong Tong, a girl who is the worlds first virtual artificial intelligence (AI) entity, developed by Chinese scientists. Tong Tong, or Little Girl in English, the AI entity was unveiled at the Frontiers of General Artificial Intelligence Technology Exhibition held in Beijing on January 28-29, under the auspices of the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI).
There, exhibition visitors could interact with Tong Tong. When programmed to like things tidy, she would fix a crooked picture frame on her own. If the frame was too high for her to reach, she would find a stool so she could straighten it without any help from a human. Also, if someone spilled milk, she would find a towel and clean it up by herself, showing her ability to interpret human intentions.
She is capable of autonomous learning and has her own joy, anger and sorrow, according to a video posted by BIGAI.
Tong Tong possesses a mind and strives to understand the common sense taught by humans. She discerns right from wrong, expresses her attitudes in various situations, and has the power to shape the future, the video says.
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In terms of general artificial intelligence standards and testing tasks, Tong Tong displays behaviour and abilities akin to those of a three or four-year-old child. Through exploration and human interaction, she can continually improve her skills, knowledge and values.
A key aspect of general intelligence, as one researcher explained, is having physical and social common sense akin to humans. Driven by its own values, an AI entity should not only be capable of completing an infinite array of tasks, but should also define new ones autonomously.
To advance towards general artificial intelligence, we must create entities that can comprehend the real world and possess a wide range of skills, BIGAI director Zhu Songchun said.
He has received the ONR Young Investigator Award from the US Naval Research Laboratory and the Marr Prize from the International Conference on Computer Vision, one of the highest awards given for papers in the field.
He has also served as chairman of the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and vice-director of the IEEE Computer Society Fellow Evaluation Committee.
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Also showcased at the exhibition was the Tong Test, a platform for AI testing published by Zhus team in the journal Engineering hosted by the Chinese Academy of Engineering in August last year.
Traditional AI tests, which focus on human identification, task orientation and virtual environment testing, each have their limitations.
The Turing Test, for example, can only assess an AIs communication level with humans, not its intelligence. Task-oriented tests may lead to AI systems learning tasks too specifically, thus losing their ability to generalise. Virtual environment tests, while creating realistic experiences, tend to oversimplify physical environments.
The Tong Test assesses five dimensions vision, language, cognition, motion and learning. It also encompasses a value system ranging from physiological and survival needs to emotional and social values, and even group values.
With nearly 100 specialised tasks and more than 50 general tasks, the Tong Test offers a complete testing regime for the development of general artificial intelligence, the institute said in a statement on its website.
Our research will guide general AI in learning and improving its capabilities more effectively and safely, ensuring it serves human society better.
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