Sophia the robot has been on a roll lately. Earlier in the year, its creator David Hanson told Jimmy Fallon that the bot is “basically alive.” At the beginning of October, it showed up at the United Nations, announcing to delegates: “I am here to help humanity create the future.” And just last week, Sophia was awarded an honorary citizenship by Saudi Arabia. The headline from Arab News? “Sophia the robot becomes first humanoid Saudi citizen.”
If this sounds like a PR stunt to you, well, you’re right: the Saudi kingdom was using this eye-grabbing headline to promote a tech summit, part of its nationwide policy to transform an oil-based economy into something more forward-thinking. But it’s not just headline fluff. Some experts say this...
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/30/16552006/robot-rights-citizenship-saudi-arabia-sophia
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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/10/pretending-to-give-robot-citizenship.html
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