Scholar Creates AI Child Meant to Bring About Human-Level AI

A Chinese scientist has introduced Tong Tong, the world’s first AI child, at an AI technology exhibition in Beijing. Tong Tong, created at the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI), represents a virtual toddler with the ability to independently give herself new tasks and possesses the cognitive ability to discern right from wrong and shape the future. Additionally, Tong Tong is expected to play a significant role in the future of artificial general intelligence (AGI) through the proposed Tong Test, a comprehensive evaluation aimed at determining the sophistication of AI models based on various dimensions including vision, language, cognition, emotion, learning, and social values. The creator, Zhu Songchun, believes that the data gathered from Tong Tong’s development could bring the world closer to achieving the goal of general artificial intelligence.