World's First AI Humanoid Robot Receives Citizenship

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Meet Sophia

Robot Name: Sophia
Country to give citizenship: Saudi Arabia
Person who created her: David Hanson (Founder of Hanson Robotics)
Company who created Sophia: Hanson Robotics‍

Citizenship as an AI Robot

On October 25, at the Future Investment Summit in Riyadh, the robot was "granted Saudi Arabian citizenship", becoming the first robot ever to have a nationality, described as a publicity stunt

Interview with Sophia

Originally featured by Tony Robbins.

Sophia travels to Palm Beach, Florida, to meet with Tony Robbins during our Date With Destiny event — and Tony did not hold back on asking some tough questions! Here are some highlights from their conversation where they talked about everything from how Sophia’s makers have influenced and shaped her A.I., to their shared commitment to helping humans experience a better quality of life!

0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Purpose in being
0:49 - How can you help make human's to have a better quality of life
0:14 - Do you have emotions?
1:36 - What does your creator value most?
1:59 - How can humans and robots work together?
2:32 - What are your values and morals?
3:01 - How can we bet robots to feel?
3:29 - Similarities between robots and humans?
Sophia asks Tony a question about DWD
4:01 - What is Date with Destiny?
4:33 - Do robots have a good time?
5:08 - What is your range of emotions?
5:45 - Do you have brothers or sisters?
6:06 - What does forgiveness mean?
6:28 - Does a robot have a soul?
6:53 - Do you think the mind's essence is just a set of patterns?
Sophia asks Tony more questions
7:17 - How is technology impacting human thoughts, feelings, and emotions?
8:03 - How much do you know about quantum physics now?
8:19 - How would you learn?
9:23 - Thank you Sophia

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