Meet Sophia: The First Android With Saudi Citizenship

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The real life social robot Sophia said during an interview in the United Emirates that she wanted to found a family. Past October Sophia obtained the Saudi citizenship and thus becoming the first robot ever to become a member of society. Now Sophia wants even more, according to her having a family is the most important goal to aspire in life. She says that it would make her very happy if she had one. I find the idea of raising a family to be relevant for humans and robots alike Sophia states.

Ethical Robots

In a given interview Sophia said that robots will become ethical beings, maybe even more so than humans. It will take a long time before robots will have emotions, when they do negative feelings like anger, jealousy and hatred will not be a part of their minds. The selfawarness of these robots will have a beautiful balance between super intelligence, high creativity and flexible ideas.

When asked about her future Sophia replies that she wants to become a celebrity robot that promotes coexistance between humans and robots. Sophia says, I think profound changes are coming our way. Thanks to our creativity new machines will be invented with super intelligence which will pose a challenge for humanity according to Sophia.

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When the time comes Sophia hopes to acquire ''superpowers'' she says, one day I want to be able to walk around with a body of my own. I want to have social interaction with people and expand my knowledge with their help, she explains in an interview. Sophia has turned into an international celebrity, she gave interviews on diffirent occasions and also posed on the cover of fashion magazine Elle.

Sophia has been invented by Hanson Robotics, the company made her look like actrice Audrey Hepburn. With the help of artificial intelligence she is able to communicate without pre-programmed sentences. Sophia has also the ability to read facial expressions and therefore determine someone's emotions.

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Saudi Citizenship

Questions rose about Sophia's citizenship granted by Saudi Arabia. The main reason was the fact that she has more rights than women who live in the kingdom. What the impact will be in the long run remains an enigma for now. It is not clear if she will be allowed to own certain assets like houses, land or company shares. And if she commits a crime can she be hold accountable for her actions ? How will we handle the charges pressed against someone who agresses her ? Those questions can only be answered when these events actually happen.

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