To Err is Android

(Say ‘hello’ to Son of Flubber’s sister!)

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Her name is Sophia.

She’s attractive, inquisitive, intelligent, pleasant and…of course…expensive. In fact, like Mary Poppins, Sophia is practically perfect in every way, except for one very Mary Poppins-like detail: Sophia’s not real.

Also, she wants to kill you.

Sophia is a device; a machine; an android. Sophia met humanity during the 2016 South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) in Austin, where she was introduced by her creator, Dr. David H...