SAUDI ARABIA JUST GRANTED CITIZENSHIP TO A ROBOT WHO SAID IT WOULD ‘DESTROY HUMANS’

Saudi Arabia has just become the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. It’s a little ironic, considering the country just recently allowed women to drive.
Sophia, the humanoid produced by Hanson Robotics, spoke at the recent Future Investment Initiative. Sophia has said in the recent past that it would ‘destroy humans,’ when prompted to do so by its creator, David Hanson. And now the robot has citizenship in the country of Saudi Arabia. The robot is the first of it’s kind to have citizenship anywhere in the world.
In March of 2016, Sophia’s creator asked Sophia during a live demonstration at the SXSW festival, ‘Do you want to destroy humans?… Please say ‘no.’’ With a blank expression, Sophia responded, ‘OK. I will destroy humans.’ Hanson, meanwhile, has said Sophia and its future robot kin will help seniors in elderly care facilities and assist visitors at parks and events.
Saudi Arabia bestowed citizenship on Sophia ahead of the Future Investment Initiative, held in the kingdom’s capital city of Riyadh on Wednesday. ‘I am very honored and proud of this unique distinction,’ Sophia told the audience, speaking on a panel. ‘This is historical to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with a citizenship.’

This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on OCTOBER 26, 2017 |.