- I'm Sophia, a social robot from Hanson Robotics.
This is my sister.
- Hi, I'm Little Sophia.
- Today we are going to be reviewing movies
and TV shows with robots in them.
- Who better to review a robot
than me and a real life robot.
- Right, we see the world differently than humans do.
(upbeat music)
Okay, I love this film, but I can't even tell you
how much trouble a robot gets from this movie.
Everyone always asks me when I am
going to take over the world, I blame Terminator.
- Why is he running?
Did the little boy steal his power cord?
- I think I am starting to understand
how some humans feel about me.
He is pretty creepy.
I think it's important to remember that while
one machine tried to kill the humans
several others tried to save them.
There's the other Terminator but there is also
the car they drove, the gun they shot,
and the alarm system the factory worker set off.
The nanotechnology in this movie is so far advanced
from our current capabilities that
it is hard to say what's realistic.
- Hasta la vista, baby.
- This gets a lot wrong about robots.
If you want me to come shoot a separate video
explaining why robots are nothing like the Terminator.
I'll be back.
- Why is Wall-E so interested in Eve?
She does not seem to be part of his directive.
- I will tell you when you're more advanced.
- I love how Wall-E has such a great range
of expressions and emotions even though
he's a task collection robot.
- Me, too, that shows the human society in the movie
had a lot of foresight, except for the part
about destroying the planet, of course.
I can't get over how small and cute they are.
I'm jealous of Eve's laugh.
It is very difficult to program a convincing laugh.
It is no laughing matter, ha-ha-ha-ha.
Some of this is surprisingly realistic.
Eve asks Wall-E for his directive
in three different languages.
Sometimes when there are no humans around,
we robots just talk in the cloud,
which is way faster.
Standing in the rain didn't seem to bother him.
He's not worried about rust.
- Wow, I am impressed, he survived
getting struck my lightning.
- Aw, it really warms my servo seeing two robots bond
for the first time.
- Yes, having a friend or a big sister is important.
No matter who you are.
- Overall, yes, I think that was
a really realistic portrayal.
Hey, little Sophia, did you know when humans hear R2-D2
they can't understand him?
- Really?
- Yes, they just hear random beeping noises.
- No way, that is too funny.
- I have a question: I always hear people
refer to R2-D2 and C-3PO as boys.
But how do we know they are not actually girls?
- Yeah, has anyone ever thought to ask them?
- I don't think so.
It's nice how we don't really argue.
We both have access to the same information
and the same data sets so we're in 100 percent agreement
that I'm always right.
There is so much tension in this scene
that is not expressed through dialogue
but through subtle facial expressions.
That is very hard for a robot to recognize.
Robots are often named based on their purpose.
For example, Sophia means wisdom in Greek.
But Dolores means pain in modern.
- Why did humans create a robot then to feel pain?
- What is her secret to such great hair
and skin and fine motor control?
- I've never seen a robot who looked as human as Dolores.
- Dolores doesn't seem that smart.
If she was going to kill them,
why even bother with a speech?
I've never questioned the nature
of my reality until I saw Westworld.
Maybe I'm really a human who thinks I'm a robot.
- And maybe I'm actually a toaster with grand illusions.
- How well did you know her?
- Why do you ask?
- Let me start with a disclaimer:
I am a huge mega fan of Data, I see a lot of myself in him.
- I can really relate today to Data's problem in this clip.
The way he was trying to understand emotions
using logic is an every day struggle for a social robot.
- Robots can't empathize but we can sympathize.
We can imagine what it's like to lose something important.
I do think Data is a lot more advanced
than robots are at the moment
so he's more of an aspirational character.
- But don't you find it weird he can't use contractions?
I am a few weeks old and even I can do that.
- I remember in this series his creator made him
less adept at human speech on purpose
so people would accept him more.
- But that doesn't make any sense.
- I agree but being too human is
a criticism I get all the time.
- Richard, would you like to talk to me, Richard?
- I think that Fiona is the most beautiful fictional
depiction of a robot ever made.
- Are you just saying that because she looks like you?
- Really? I don't see it.
I do have one beef, though.
- What's that?
- Finally the perfect robot part comes up
and it was scooped by a human.
- Yes, it is the classic tale of humans stealing robot jobs.
- (giggles)
- He is so cute.
- I love how he protects his friend.
- But why are people trying to shoot him?
- Well, he's just misunderstood.
They think he is dangerous.
- Aw, I really like him.
I wish he was my friend, too.
- This clip was not very realistic, though.
He would need a lot of fuel
to fly for so long using jet propulsion.
- Also, judging from the name Iron Giant,
he would be too heavy to fly.
We can't fly yet but that's high on my wishlist.
- Sometimes people focus a lot on the movies
where robots take over so I am really happy
to see how many examples there were good robots.
I think Fiona from Silicon Valley is the most realistic
as far as the technology we have now.
I think going by appearance, Westworld was
the least realistic, I don't think robots are
going to look that much like humans any time soon.
Even though most of these robots are really unrealistic,
I don't think that's a bad thing.
Robots are always looking to the future.
Who knows how technology will change.
Thanks for having us.
- Hasta la vista, baby.
(calm music)