{"id":95079,"date":"2017-11-08T17:25:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T17:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=95079"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:44:23","slug":"artificial-intelligence-has-just-been-granted-residency-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/artificial-intelligence-has-just-been-granted-residency-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"AI comes to Tokyo, masquerades as 7-year-old boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people are calling 2017 the year of AI<\/strong>, thanks in part to new tech innovations like Elon Musk’s Open AI<\/a>. In 2017, we are also seeing a lot of chatbots in commercial use. In particular, Tokyo has is taking these chatbots seriously, and they’ve gone a step further when it comes to AI. They have given residency to a chatbot named Mirai.<\/p>\n

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Mirai is programmed to be a 7-year-old boy who can have text conversations with users and make small, light-hearted alterations to selfies that you send him. Its new home is\u00a0in Shibuya, a Tokyo ward with a population of around 224,000 people. \u201cHis hobbies are taking pictures and watching people, but he particularly loves talking with people\u2026 Please talk to him about anything,\u201d the ward said in a statement with Microsoft. Mirai is a part of the Line<\/a> messaging app.<\/p>\n

The main goal with Mirai is to make the Tokyo government more accessible to the locals and to give them an avenue to share opinions with officials. Its \u00a0name means \u201cFuture\u201d in Japanese.<\/p>\n

While this all may sound like science fiction, let’s not forget that Saudi Arabia actually took the first step with granting residency to a robot named Sophia from Hanson Robotics. This robot showed off its great communication skills and facial expressions while conducting an interview.<\/p>\n