It was developed by the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BigaI) and has the "mental system and values of a 3 or 4 year old girl" , but with the possibility of growing up and making the lessons of experience her own .
Making her debut at the Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing, the most important annual Chinese event dedicated to new technologies, TongTong (which means "little girl") can interact with her parents, understand their intentions and participate in chores such as cleaning the kitchen or of the floors .
The Global Times, the English-language tabloid of the People's Daily, gave an accurate description after previewing it.
TongTong is guided by two primary cognitive systems : the U (capacity) and the V (value) systems. The mechanism allows her to tackle her tasks in a unique pattern depending on her mood state described in five forms: hunger, boredom, thirst, tiredness and drowsiness . However, as it develops and repeats different operations, it will be more lively and real, just like us humans.
And he will grow rapidly, going from a corresponding age of 3-4 years up to 18 in two-three years . To quickly get to complete challenging tasks such as helping humans in scenarios such as nursing homes .
An answer, therefore, in a country where the population has been declining since 2022 due to the collapse in births. And where TongTong's qualities, although still to be verified from an ethical point of view, could materialize in a technological response to the problem.
(Unioneonline)