Saudi Arabia becomes first country to grant a robot citizenship
Saudi Arabia becomes first country to grant a robot citizenship– and people are saying it already has more rights than women
"A robot has been granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia and it appears to already have more rights than the country's women.
The robot Sophia was created by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics and it appeared at a technology conference in Saudi's capital, Riyadh.
It was able to appear on stage by itself without the permission of a male guardian and with its head and body uncovered.
Many people took to Twitter to point out that Sophia technically had more rights than women. One woman tweeted: “Sophia, the first robot to be granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia, has more rights than the human women there."
Someone made the comment on this news “I’m wondering if robot Sophia can leave Saudi Arabia without her guardian consent ! Since she’s officially Saudi.”
and, she doesn't have to wear the veil either, despite "her" appearance being female.
What a weird country.
janeababe
·8 years agoI'm curious.......
Where did they place the ...... MADE IN CHINA sticker?
All jokes aside, I cant believe how realistic it actually looks.
Does she have free thinking or is she pre-programmed I wonder.
This intrigues me.... I'll have to do a tad more research.
Thanks for posting this.
Cheers
xxj
bsal6160
·8 years agoJane, your talking actual AI which does not exist yet. AI is a long way off still.
All programmed at the moment. No better than a kids toy, mind you a BIG EXPENSIVE kids toy.
jimmy*part4
·8 years agoFrom what I've read, it's debatable. Some say it exists on a level of a 4 year old. To me the debate looks like, are people talking about AI or actual consciousness.
(advances have been made since this article was written 11 months ago.)
http://data-informed.com/how-far-are-we-from-true-artificial-intelligence-and-do-we-really-want-to-go-there/
The answers are not preprogrammed. No more than we are. The first 30 seconds are the latest version. I'm wondering if the guy at the beginning is actually a robot from the future.
bsal6160
·8 years agoits running a software programme. no more no less. people are getting carried away because IT looks a lot like a human.
johcaschro
OP8 years agoIT sure does look like a human, complete with mostly appropriate facial expressions. Of course it is running a program but not all of the responses are strictly scripted. It's only a beginning. It's a hint of things to come.
The real point of this OP is that this machine, this thing, this IT, has been granted citizenship of Saudi Arabia and has been criticised as already having more rights than a real Saudi woman.
Heve you read the Asimov books about robots? Robotics (and artificial intelligence) is a real science being developed today and the technology has to begin somewhere. The questions are, where will it go and where will it take us; and how?
johcaschro
OP3 years agoAnd is no one interested in this question?
Some countries whose people follow a conservative expression of Islam don't even grant their real, living women a semblance of equality with their male folk.
And what's all this about the men presuming the right to "grant" such things? Who are they to assume that "right"?
Might does not necessarliy grant the "right". Not the moral right, anyway.
But then again, some people are held captive by a societally enforced belief in
Power . . . "pouvoir" . . . has nothing to do with Justice . . . it's just