Adorned with long black hair and traditional Chinese garb, Jiajia was able to realistically blink and smile throughout the dialogue, but largely failed to answer the questions Kelly posed, speaking after seconds-long delays. For instance, she was unable to respond to questions about the number of letters in the English alphabet, and answered a question about the Great Wall’s location in China with the reply: “China”. For instance, she was unable to respond to questions about the number of letters in the English alphabet, and answered a question about the Great Wall’s location in China with the reply: “China”. And when Kelly, who has written extensively about robotics and artificial intelligence, asked Jiajia if she could talk about him, the robot gave an incoherent reply. 

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• Country: China 
• Company: University of Science and Technology of China