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First Robot Granted Citizenship in Saudi Arabia
Sophia responded to questions, mostly regarding its status as a humanoid and concerns people may have about the future of a world potentially run by robots. To one question about how to "prevent a bad future," Sophia responded: "You've been reading too much Elon Musk and watching too many Hollywood movies."
Robot Granted Citizenship In Saudi Arabia Immediately Trolls Elon Musk
Elon Musk is in a fight with a robot, after that robot became the first ever to be granted citizenship and immediately used its platform to insult the tech giant. Saudi Arabia announced it gave citizenship to the humanoid robot Sophia during a global investment conference in Riyadh called the Future Investment Initiative. As it spoke on stage, it took a dig at Musk while being questioned about the potential for artificial intelligence to become self-aware and create a world in which they have power over humans, such as what one would see in movies like "The Terminator" and "Blade Runner." "You've been reading too much Elon Musk and watching too many Hollywood movies," it told interviewer Andrew Sorkin. "Don't worry, if you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Musk is not one to shy away from confrontation on artificial intelligence. The SpaceX CEO hit back with "Just feed it The Godfather movies as input.