Lifeline of Sophia & Alexa
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2015
Sophia is first turned on in April. She is described as “the most beautiful and celebrated robot” on hansonrobotics.com.
4月，索菲亚“开机”。她被汉森机器人公司描述为“最美丽和受欢迎的机器人。
03.2016
David and Sophia appear at SXSW and give an interview with CNBC that goes viral.
大卫（索菲亚的研发者）和索菲亚出现在SXSW艺术家，并且接受了CNBC采访，一夜成名。
10.2016
Charlie Rose for 60 minutes interviews David and Sophia. Rose questions Sophia about whether she is “spontaneous” during what appears to be an unscripted, interactive chat session.
《查理罗斯的六十分钟》栏目采访了索菲亚，当索菲亚出现非提前准备的交互反应时，罗斯问她这类回复是否是“自发”的。
11.2016
The official Hanson Robotics YouTube channel publishes “Sophia Awakens Episode 1 and 2”, dramatizing an encounter between Sophia and one of her creators.
汉森机器人公司官方的YouTube频道发布了《索菲亚觉醒》的上下部，以戏剧性的方式讲述了索菲亚和其中一位创造者之间的故事。
01.2017
The European Union passes a draft report recommending various laws and policies concerning robotics.
欧盟通过了一项报告草案，提出了关于几项机器人方向的法律与政策的建议。
04.2017
Sophia appears on Jimmy Fallon. Fallon suggests (and Hanson agrees) that Sophia is “basically alive”.
索菲亚出现在《吉米晚间脱口秀》，吉米·法隆认为索菲亚“基本上是活的”。
06.2017
Sophia opens CogX 2017 in London. Hanson appears on a panel where he announces plans for Sophia to become “genuinely alive” in the next 5–10 years.
索菲亚为伦敦的CogX会议开场。汉森出席了一个会议单元，并声称他计划在未来5-10年让索菲亚“真正地活着”。
11.10.2017
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed interviews Sophia on the floor of the UN General Assembly during a joint meeting on “The future of everything”.
联合国常务副秘书长阿米娜-穆罕默德在一次名为“万物的未来”的大会期间，采访了索菲亚。
02.11.2017
The floodgates of criticism open against Sophia.
索菲亚受到广泛的质疑与批判。
01.2018
Yann LeCun of FAIR criticizes Sophia on Twitter on Jan 4, calling her “Potomkin AI”.
Facebook人工智能实验室的Yann LeCun在Twitter上批判了索菲亚，称她为“AI界的波将金”。
01.2018
David Gunkel shares the cover of Elle magazine featuring Sophia on Facebook.
大卫·甘克尔在Facebook转发了索菲亚作为封面人物的ELLE杂志。
02.06.2018
Sophia delivers the keynote address at the RISD commencement ceremony on behalf of David.
索菲亚代替汉森出席了罗德岛设计学院的毕业典礼并发表主题演讲。
04.06.2018
David Gunkel, punning on the term “Sophist”, tweets about Sophia as a “sophisticated performance”.
大卫·甘克尔造了一个新词“索菲亚式的”，并声称索菲亚只是一个老练的演员。
Sophia is first turned on in April. She is described as “the most beautiful and celebrated robot” on hansonrobotics.com.
4月，索菲亚“开机”。她被汉森机器人公司描述为“最美丽和受欢迎的机器人。
03.2016
David and Sophia appear at SXSW and give an interview with CNBC that goes viral.
大卫（索菲亚的研发者）和索菲亚出现在SXSW艺术家，并且接受了CNBC采访，一夜成名。
10.2016
Charlie Rose for 60 minutes interviews David and Sophia. Rose questions Sophia about whether she is “spontaneous” during what appears to be an unscripted, interactive chat session.
《查理罗斯的六十分钟》栏目采访了索菲亚，当索菲亚出现非提前准备的交互反应时，罗斯问她这类回复是否是“自发”的。
11.2016
The official Hanson Robotics YouTube channel publishes “Sophia Awakens Episode 1 and 2”, dramatizing an encounter between Sophia and one of her creators.
汉森机器人公司官方的YouTube频道发布了《索菲亚觉醒》的上下部，以戏剧性的方式讲述了索菲亚和其中一位创造者之间的故事。
01.2017
The European Union passes a draft report recommending various laws and policies concerning robotics.
欧盟通过了一项报告草案，提出了关于几项机器人方向的法律与政策的建议。
04.2017
Sophia appears on Jimmy Fallon. Fallon suggests (and Hanson agrees) that Sophia is “basically alive”.
索菲亚出现在《吉米晚间脱口秀》，吉米·法隆认为索菲亚“基本上是活的”。
06.2017
Sophia opens CogX 2017 in London. Hanson appears on a panel where he announces plans for Sophia to become “genuinely alive” in the next 5–10 years.
索菲亚为伦敦的CogX会议开场。汉森出席了一个会议单元，并声称他计划在未来5-10年让索菲亚“真正地活着”。
11.10.2017
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed interviews Sophia on the floor of the UN General Assembly during a joint meeting on “The future of everything”.
联合国常务副秘书长阿米娜-穆罕默德在一次名为“万物的未来”的大会期间，采访了索菲亚。
02.11.2017
The floodgates of criticism open against Sophia.
索菲亚受到广泛的质疑与批判。
01.2018
Yann LeCun of FAIR criticizes Sophia on Twitter on Jan 4, calling her “Potomkin AI”.
Facebook人工智能实验室的Yann LeCun在Twitter上批判了索菲亚，称她为“AI界的波将金”。
01.2018
David Gunkel shares the cover of Elle magazine featuring Sophia on Facebook.
大卫·甘克尔在Facebook转发了索菲亚作为封面人物的ELLE杂志。
02.06.2018
Sophia delivers the keynote address at the RISD commencement ceremony on behalf of David.
索菲亚代替汉森出席了罗德岛设计学院的毕业典礼并发表主题演讲。
04.06.2018
David Gunkel, punning on the term “Sophist”, tweets about Sophia as a “sophisticated performance”.
大卫·甘克尔造了一个新词“索菲亚式的”，并声称索菲亚只是一个老练的演员。
2010
Born in Sunnyvale, CA.
出生于美国加州森尼维耳市。
2011
Amazon acquires Yap, a speech recognition platform for “long-duration” dialogues.
亚马逊收购Yap，一个专注“长程对话”的语音识别平台。
2012
Amazon acquires Evi, a natural language search engine.
亚马逊收购Evi，一个自然语言搜索引擎。
2013
Amazon acquires Ivona a text-to-speak engine that provides natural sounding voices.
亚马逊收购Ivona，一个文字转语音引擎，提供十分自然的语音。
11.2014
the announcement
亚马逊正式发布“艾莉克莎”。
0.62015
Amazon opens up ordering for anyone.
亚马逊向所有用户开放预定。
07.2015
Amazon beings shipping the echo to first customers.
亚马逊第一批Echo音响开始配送。
09.2016
Alexa has over 3,000 skills.
“艾莉克莎”拥有了超过3000种技能。
04.2017
Alexa has a camera, with built-in AI for fashion advice.
“艾莉克莎”有了摄像头，并自带能提供时尚搭配建议的人工智能程序。
2018
Alexa was reported letting out erring laughter.
社交媒体上开始流传“艾莉克莎”发出诡异笑声的视频。
2018
Alexa Prize winner was a 12-person team from the University of California, Davis, that used a few hundred thousand movie quotes to train a computer to recognise sentences.
“艾莉克莎”奖项的获得者是来自加州大学戴维斯分校的12人团队，他们使用数十万的电影片段训练机器识别语句。
Born in Sunnyvale, CA.
出生于美国加州森尼维耳市。
2011
Amazon acquires Yap, a speech recognition platform for “long-duration” dialogues.
亚马逊收购Yap，一个专注“长程对话”的语音识别平台。
2012
Amazon acquires Evi, a natural language search engine.
亚马逊收购Evi，一个自然语言搜索引擎。
2013
Amazon acquires Ivona a text-to-speak engine that provides natural sounding voices.
亚马逊收购Ivona，一个文字转语音引擎，提供十分自然的语音。
11.2014
the announcement
亚马逊正式发布“艾莉克莎”。
0.62015
Amazon opens up ordering for anyone.
亚马逊向所有用户开放预定。
07.2015
Amazon beings shipping the echo to first customers.
亚马逊第一批Echo音响开始配送。
09.2016
Alexa has over 3,000 skills.
“艾莉克莎”拥有了超过3000种技能。
04.2017
Alexa has a camera, with built-in AI for fashion advice.
“艾莉克莎”有了摄像头，并自带能提供时尚搭配建议的人工智能程序。
2018
Alexa was reported letting out erring laughter.
社交媒体上开始流传“艾莉克莎”发出诡异笑声的视频。
2018
Alexa Prize winner was a 12-person team from the University of California, Davis, that used a few hundred thousand movie quotes to train a computer to recognise sentences.
“艾莉克莎”奖项的获得者是来自加州大学戴维斯分校的12人团队，他们使用数十万的电影片段训练机器识别语句。