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FASHION
BEAUTY
CULTURE
HUMANOID MAKEUP I’m going to describe a woman to you. She is around 35 years of age. She has white skin, a thin frame, and blue eyes. She speaks in an American English dialect. Her clothing is modest, and her skin is clear. She wears slight makeup and a gentle smile. This woman, not a rarity, sounds like a cool aunt, a neighbor, or a professor. She is the average female figure in our everyday lives. But how common is she really? Only about 30 percent of the world population, as explained by Snopes.com, is Caucasian and only 8 percent have blue eyes. As the game of guess-who gets smaller and smaller, this woman becomes less and less common, inspiring the question: Is she even human at all? Sophia the Robot, the woman humanoid described above, was created by Hanson Robotics in April of 2015. David Hanson, her creator, modeled Sophia after the historic icon and actress Audrey Hepburn. Sophia is classic and pretty. She is a reflection of the woman we so casually know, designed to meticulously simulate the human experience. Since her creation, she has travelled worldwide, becoming a global face of innovation and creation. In the words of Hanson Robotics, “She has become a media darling, appearing on major media outlets around the world, igniting the interest of people regardless of age, gender, and culture, even gracing the cover of one of the top fashion magazines.” Sophia, a model inspired by and created for the human population, is the face of the future.
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