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S.A grants citizenship to a non-human!
27-10-2017
In an unprecedented move globally, Saudi Arabia bestowed last Wednesday the Saudi nationality to a non-human during the Future Investment Initiative summit held in Riyadh. The robot known as Sophia stood out during her address and argument with one of the present officials when she demonstrated a full-blown ability to express human emotions, such as happiness, sadness and anger as the core for building future trust among people. In a tweet on his official twitter account, the Saudi Royal Court advisor, Saud Qahtani, said Sophia is the first robot in the world to be granted the Saudi nationality and passport as a symbolic gesture to present the forthcoming megacity investment project, Neom. The latter is a USD 500 billion joint undertaking between Egypt, Jordan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In turn, Sophia said “this is a historic moment for me to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with citizenship.” To recall, Robot Sophia was the first non-human to attend the United Nations session last month: ‘The future of everything- sustainable development in the age of rapid technological change’. (Al Diyar, October 27, 2017)
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