Sophia, an eerie-looking humanoid robot received a Saudi citizenship
on stage at the Future Investment Initiative leaving audience dumbfounded,
astonished and thrilled about the potential of Ai( artificial intelligence).  

The video went viral quite quickly and sparked a storm of views among
netizens.

Accepting the-first-ever-saudi-nationality-for-a-robot, Sophia
said 

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“I
am very honored and proud for this unique distinction. This is historical to be
the first robot in the world to be recognized with a citizenship.. “My
AI is designed around human values like wisdom, kindness, compassion. I strive to
become an empathetic robots”

Err..okay…I believe you Sophie

This is how the story on social media unfolded first…

“In a country where there are over 250K stateless people struggling to obtain basic right, how is this even possible?

هل يعقل
دولة فيها اكثر من250الف نسمة بدون يعانون في ابسط حقوقهم الانسانية
وتجنس روبوت!!????‍♂️
????#البدون_اولى_من_صوفيا..!!#روبوت_بجنسية_سعودية pic.twitter.com/bOKpLlYjlP

— احمد الخالدي 不 (@a77m3d) October 25, 2017

What about humans who were born here on this land ! #روبوت_بجنسية_سعودية

— S. K (@salkananeh) October 25, 2017

Some were happy..

Sophia:I am honored & proud for this unique distinction.
Even Robots are Proud to be Saudi????????#Proud_Saudi#مشروع_نيوم
#روبوت_بجنسيه_سعوديه pic.twitter.com/iMOVAKTQTl

— سعد الخزيّم (@Saad_A_K) October 25, 2017

Welcome to Saudi arabia Sofia #روبوت_بجنسيه_سعوديه

— د.عبدالعزيز بن مساعد (@Abdulaziz_MSM) October 25, 2017

Fearful of Sophie?

#روبوت_بجنسيه_سعوديه
So robots gets to have rights huh ?!?!?!? THEY WILL RISE AGAINST US ……. The end is near pic.twitter.com/50NOqIT76y

— サアドアブドラ ™ (@iS3Di) October 26, 2017

Watching a humanoid robot say,

“You be nice to us and we’ll be fine”

is eerily fascinating.#sophiarobot #FII2017 #AI

— Sid Balachandran (@iwrotethose) October 26, 2017

#روبوت_بجنسيه_سعوديه creepy she is freaking me out ????, Sofia honey you have to change your name cause you are a Saudi right know????

— beautiful craeture???? (@Om_Al7alH) October 25, 2017

Selfie with Sophie!

اول سلفي بعد منحها الجنسية السعودية pic.twitter.com/L58Bua3Nkd

— محمد البيشي (@albishi) October 25, 2017

Could She be..OMG

Could be 4th wife of someone #روبوت_بجنسية_سعودية

— Jack Reacher (@JackReacher70) October 25, 2017

“Who Is Her Guardian”…Sarcastic, indeed!

Looks like someone has an answer…

Ask Her Programmer..

“She Can Laugh too”

هههههههههههههه ياويليً تضحكككك بعد ????????

— الشامخــهه (@bentOtb511) October 25, 2017

Ouch!

During her live appearance, an Interviewer asked  Sophia about the dangers of Ai… in response she said..

Elon Musk  has warned about the dangers of Ai ( Artificial Intelligence)

Which  prompted Elon Musk to tweet this..

He implied that if you input “The Godfather”, a terribly violent film, into Sophia’s system it could become dangerous.

Just feed it The Godfather movies as input. What’s the worst that could happen? https://t.co/WX4Kx45csv

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2017

Which prompted another set of reactions…and STILLL ONGOING..

Good Question

pic.twitter.com/uoSLrjlvCN

— Gianni Lemetti (@GianniLemetti) October 26, 2017

Sophia coming for you like this pic.twitter.com/5E4RcsvQsJ

— R A Z (@sheerazan) October 26, 2017

Some fresh perspective…

I think I am more worried about evil humans abusing their power over others than I am an AI. Power + Money is much more scary, these days.

— Al Carpenter (@Loregold) October 26, 2017

Sophia is already TOO human..

Just feed it The Godfather movies as input. What’s the worst that could happen? https://t.co/WX4Kx45csv

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2017

Sophie now needs a Russian citizenship..

Just feed it The Godfather movies as input. What’s the worst that could happen? https://t.co/WX4Kx45csv

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2017

More ideas…

It doesn’t matter. They’ve been shown not to work at all once a robot approaches general human intelligence levels

— John Weldon (@W3lIy) October 26, 2017

@elonmusk thank you for your efforts to draw attention for the need to regulate AI. Please don’t relent and keep reminding everyone!

— Carl Lowasser (@carllowasser) October 26, 2017

The END for Sophie or us

Sophia is powered by robotics and artificial intelligence technology
and designed to look like actress Audrey Hepburn. She
can copy all kinds of human expression and grasp emotions through interactions
too.