Say you’re driving late at night and you start to feel lonely. What if your car, detecting your change of mood through an array of sensors and cameras, suddenly asked how you were feeling? Better yet, what if your car already knew how you were feeling, and offered to cheer you up?
This possible future was sketched out by SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son at an event in Tokyo Thursday, according to Reuters. The eccentric tech executive, who recently announced his company’s acquisition of chip manufacturer ARM for $34.1 billion, said he is working with Honda to produce a car that can both talk and read a driver’s emotions.
“Imagine if robots, with their super intelligence, devoted themselves to humans," Son said, according to Reuters. "And...
via The Verge
