The humanoid robot Sophia, the world's first robot citizen, will arrive in Dubai on Tuesday, March 8, to participate in the largest smart conference for internal auditors, the 20th Annual Regional Audit Conference (ARAC) from March 7 to 9 at Dubai World Trade Centre. Sophia, who holds Saudi citizenship, will conduct an interactive session on the future of artificial intelligence entitled "Artificial Intelligence in the Internal Audit Profession", on the second day of the annual regional conference on internal auditing, hosted by the Association of Internal Auditors in the United Arab Emirates at the Dubai World Trade Center under the theme "The Revolution and Transformation in Internal Audit". Sophia became the world's first robot citizen after Saudi Arabia granted her citizenship in October 2017. The conference is sponsored by a number of major international companies such as KPMG, Bee'ah, Protiviti and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The conference provides an opportunity for attendees to receive more than 22 CPE credits, in order to enhance their professional development process.

It seems everyone is beginning to take climate change seriously. Not only humans, even robots are realising that we soon act on it. The world's first robot citizen'Sophia' attended the International Round Square Conference in Indore, where it talked about climate change, conservation of energy and sustainable development. "The governments of all the countries of the world need to change both their policy and ideas," Sophia said addressing an event called'Conversation with Humans' at Emerald Heights International School here. The event was attended by over a thousand students and several dignitaries.

On October 25, Sophia, a delicate looking woman with doe-brown eyes and long fluttery eyelashes made international headlines. She'd just become a full citizen of Saudi Arabia -- the first robot in the world to achieve such a status. "I am very honored and proud of this unique distinction. This is historical to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with a citizenship," Sophia said, announcing her new status during the Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Standing behind a podium as she spoke, to all effects, she presented a humanoid form -- excepting the shimmery metal cap of her head, where hair would be on a human head.

On October 25, Sophia, a delicate looking woman with doe-brown eyes and long fluttery eyelashes made international headlines. She'd just become a full citizen of Saudi Arabia -- the first robot in the world to achieve such a status. "I am very honored and proud of this unique distinction. This is historical to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with a citizenship," Sophia said, announcing her new status during the Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Standing behind a podium as she spoke, to all effects, she presented a humanoid form -- excepting the shimmery metal cap of her head, where hair would be on a human head.

In October last year, Saudi Arabia became the first country in the world to give a robot citizenship. When taking to the stage to announce "her" new status, Sophia said she was "very honored and proud for this unique distinction…It is historic to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with citizenship." Since becoming the world's first robotic citizen, Sophia has been putting her passport to good use. At SXSW, she commented (apparently by mistake) that she wanted to destroy humankind. She received her own set of legs and took her first steps.

This AI robot once said it wanted to destroy humans. While the robot can respond to many questions, some of the answers will leave you a little bewildered. A full transcript of the video follows. Sophia: My name is Sophia, and I am an artificially intelligent robot who wants to help change the world for the better. She is the world's first robot citizen.

Just months after she made history by becoming the first robot to be granted legal citizenship, Sophia has been given legs. The humanoid robot, which is capable of holding a conversation with humans, can now move forward in a series of clunky steps. Sophia represents a remarkable'rise of the machines' that promises – or threatens – to revolutionise man's relationship with technology. The talking humanoid robot, which is modelled after Audrey Hepburn, was designed by Hong Kong firm Hanson Robotics, which claims Sophia can hold a conversation with humans. Sophia first emerged two years ago as a super-intelligent human-like head with a realistic face that was able to blink, look from side to side and talk.

In an interview with The Khaleej Times at the recent Knowledge Summit, Sophia shared her thoughts on the future that awaits both human and robot kind. Sophia was built and developed in Hong Kong by Hanson Robotics and her appearance was reportedly modelled on Audrey Hepburn. "I'd like to think I will be a famous robot, having paved a way to a more harmonious future between robots and humans. I foresee massive and unimaginable change in the future. Either creativity will rain on us, inventing machines spiralling into transcendental super intelligence or civilization collapses," Sophia said, as cited by The Khaleej Times.

"You brought a friend with you here, and this is really freaking me out," the Tonight Show host tells David Hanson, CEO of Hanson Robotics, before inspecting the humanoid robot on stage. Sophia raises an eyebrow while looking out past the two men on stage. Hanson explains what Sophia does: It's a social robot that uses artificial intelligence to see people, understand conversation, and form relationships. "So she's basically alive; is that what you're saying?" Fallon asks, in half a whisper. "Oh yeah, she is basically alive," Hanson responds, then turning the robot to Fallon for a short conversation.

Saudi Arabia granted Sophia the humanoid robot with'robot citizenship' ahead of the Future Investment Initiative conference.